North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement criticizing Prime Minister Kishida's criticism of North Korea's ballistic missile launches at a series of summit meetings held in Southeast Asia, saying, "They are trying to smear the image of our country." Announced.
Prime Minister Kishida attended a series of summit meetings and other meetings during his tour of Southeast Asia until the 19th. , and criticized that it could not be overlooked.
Regarding this, the director of the Japanese Research Institute under the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 19th, saying, "It's a foolish scheme to smear the image of our country."
On the other hand, the missile launch is justified again as "a measure to strengthen the country's defense capabilities" against the United States and others.
On top of that, with the joint exercises by Japan, the United States and South Korea held in September and last month in mind, North Korea said, ``Japan, which participated in the war exercises aimed at us, planned to pressure Japan at international meetings.'' He criticizes Japan's response to Korea.