North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister denounced Tokyo’s military expansion, saying ‘we should make it regret’
2-MIN READ2-MINBloombergPublished: 10:30am, 5 Aug 2026North Korea said it will pursue unspecified “additional military options” in response to Japan’s expanding defence capabilities, accusing Tokyo of reviving the ambitions of a “war criminal state”.Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said that Pyongyang would not remain a “passive onlooker” to what she described as Japan’s accelerating transformation into a military power, according to a statement published on Wednesday by the official Korean Central News Agency.“War criminal state Japan’s possession of the capability for pre-emptive attack is a grave threat destroying global peace and security,” Kim said, referring to Tokyo’s efforts to acquire long-range strike capabilities.North Korea would “make Japan feel that its security has been exposed to greater danger due to its greediness”, she said. “We should make it regret.”
