North Korea Denounces Japan’s Naval Drills with US, France Seoul, 25 Feb (ONA) — North Korea today denounced Japan’s
recent joint naval exercise with the United States off the coast of
the Philippines.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) issued the criticism,
citing a joint naval exercise conducted by Japan, the US and France
earlier this month (February 2025) in waters near the Philippines, which involved
American and French aircraft carriers and a Japanese warship in an
attempt to revive their militaristic invasion ambitions.

North Korea accused Tokyo of threatening the balance of power in
the Asia-Pacific region and creating a new conflict structure,
according to South Korea’s News Agency (Yonhap).

The reality of deploying Japanese aircraft carrier to a distant
location unrelated to its defense-only posture and joining forces
with foreign forces indicates that “militarists’ overseas invasion
ambitions have entered an implementation state,” the KCNA said.— Ends/Khalid