It is reported that the Japanese government intends to deliberately neglect this year's mention of South Korea in its security cooperation-related technology later this year.

Kyodo News reported that South Korea was mentioned fourth in Australia, India and ASEAN in the chapter on 'Security Cooperation' in the 2019 edition of the Defense White Paper.

Security Cooperation describes the results of cooperation and exchanges with countries other than the United States. Korea was the second in last year's defense white paper after Australia.

Kyo Communications added that the order of technology is important, adding that defense officials say that slowing down the order of technology in Korea actually means a downgrade.

"It is a clear record of Japan's stance over South Korea-Japan confrontation in the security field." Explained.

Every year, the Japanese government releases a defense white paper, which gathers judgments on the security environment and defense-related activities for the past year.

In terms of content, it was expected to highlight the conflict rather than security cooperation with Korea. The draft mentioned the conflict between the 'SDF's low-flying-radar investigation' and the ROK's request for Japan to self-promote the Japanese Self-Defense Force. Continue to demand appropriate response. "

However, he wrote that he is definitely solidarity with South Korea in terms of the North Korean response.

It differs from the contents of the 2018 Defense White Paper, which stated, "There is a difficult problem between Korea and Japan, but it is important to move forward in the future."