Japan's moves for militarization under fire in S. Korea
KCNA
Pyongyang, May 10 (KCNA) -- South Korean papers carried editorials on May 6 denouncing Japan for its ever more undisguised moves for militarization.
Mmunhwa Ilbo in its editorial quoted Mainichi Shimbun as saying on May 3 that the council for the study of the constitution of the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan made public a draft for the revision of the constitution the keynote of which is recognition of Japan's rearmament.
The proposed revision of the constitution formally calls for giving the title of head of state to the Japanese emperor, adopting Hinomaru and Kimigayo as Japan's national flag and national anthem respectively and investing the prime minister with the right to proclaim a "state of emergency throughout the country" and stipulates the citizens' "duty to defend the state," the editorial noted.
Hangyore said that there is growing concern as Japan's military moves are escalated at the instigation of the U.S. hardliners, noting that Japan released a draft for the revision of the constitution which strongly smacks of its past militarism.
Dong-a Ilbo denounced Japan for having dreamt of emerging a "military power" through the continued revision of the constitution since the end of the second world war. Recalling that Japan announced the draft much earlier than scheduled though the framework for the revision of the constitution was expected to be provided by the end of next year, the daily observed this reflected the rapid growth of the Japanese right-wing forces.
Japan should awake from its foolish dream of restoring militarism, it urged.
