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Japan unveils new national security plan | Military tensions escalating as North Korea Warns japan A spokesperson of the North Korean Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Japan’s announcement of a new National Security Strategy – including Tokyo’s willingness to possess counterstrike capabilities. “Japan has, in fact, adopted a new security strategy formulating the possession of the capability for preemptive attack on other countries, thus bringing a serious security crisis to the Korean Peninsula and East Asia,” Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the North’s main state-controlled media, quoted the spokesperson as saying. In contrast to support from the United States, the powerful ally of South Korea and Japan in the region, neighboring countries have not welcomed Tokyo’s announcement due to their historical conflicts with Japan. Along with its bold plans to double down in strengthening defense capabilities, Japan also touched on sensitive territorial disputes by defining Dokdo Island (known in Japanese as Takeshima) as its territory in the new documents, triggering strong complaints from South Korea. # security