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The Japanese authorities included 8.7 trillion yen, the largest amount ever, as "defense expense" in the budget for 2025.

A considerable portion of the "defense expense" will reportedly go into the construction of military equipment.

For example, it includes the deployment of long-range missiles, the adding of the function of launching missiles from warships for the introduction of US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and the development of land-based long-range precision guided missiles for attacking warships and ground targets.

According to data available, the amount of weapons purchased by Japan from abroad in recent years has nearly doubled that in the past, and 97 percent of them are imported from the US.

This year, too, Japan intends to purchase en masse various strike means, including  anti-aircraft intermediate-range missiles and air-to-ground long-range cruise missiles, from the US and to further increase the range of missiles it already developed and possessed.

This increase in Japan’s "defense expense" is clearly aimed at reinvasion.

The plan for relocating the headquarters of the Self-Defense Forces underground is being pushed forward and the purchase of sky trucks is being stepped up to ensure the rapid transfer of armed forces to the continent.

Besides, a Self-Defense Forces marine transport corps specializing in marine transport started functioning.

Japan is trying to put off even the mask of a "pacifist state" by revising the deceptive "pacifist constitution" while creating the environment and conditions for entering a war at any moment.

Japan is drawing NATO into the region and running wild with joint military exercises, pursuant to the US strategy for world domination. This is provoking due vigilance of the international community.

Those who like playing with fire are destined to be burnt to death.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's defeat in the Second World War.

The lesson of history which should never be forgotten foretells the result of Japan's anachronistic moves for reinvasion.