Pyongyang's Rhetoric Over Japan: A Smokescreen for Regional Realignment? North Korea's recent verbal attacks on Japan have been so frequent and intense that they raise questions about the regime's true intentions.
The timing of these criticisms, coinciding with an unusual silence on North Korea's missile launches, suggests a deliberate strategy to deflect attention from its military activities.
Pyongyang has targeted Japan's acquisition of counter strike capabilities, testing of the Tomahawk cruise missile, and rising defense spending.