“When one speaks of turmoil on the Korean Peninsula, it’s usually in reference to North Korea, not South Korea.

But Itsunori Onodera, who stepped down as Japan’s defense minister in September 2014, has some concerns with Seoul’s ‘provocative’ actions toward Pyongyang.

Now a member of Japan’s parliament, the Diet, Onodera is still intimately involved with Japan’s defense policy, including the controversial debate over the reinterpretation of the country’s constitution, which—if it passes—would permit Japan to field a more active military.”

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