Japan takes the lead on aggressive rhetoric in joint talks on North Korea | SOFREP

There was a time when the U.S. would be taking the lead.

Well the Koreans and the Japanese have had such pleasant relations that this should surprise no one...well except that the South Koreans were part of the meeting too. I think it should surprise NO ONE that South Korea and Japan are more concerned about North Korea than others because Kim Jong-in is the rabid dog in their neighborhood? When you have a rabid animal in the city, that is bad but when it is your next door neighbor...well then it is real.
So of course, the next question is: 'What do you do with the neighbor who has a rabid dog or even worse, the neighbor is the rabid dog?'

Talks on rhetoric on the DPRK is time-pass, I feel. Sometimes we need to take action to quash an misguided subordinate and that move requires guts and grit. Making Japan a mouthpiece to take a wild beast on the prowl is identical to having loudspeakers in the JSA for a propaganda campaign. Both sides already do it, so why invent another. Additionally, Japan is one of the nations that Kim wants a piece of; Kim has Okinawa in his sights - the extension rhetoric of the MDL into the MDL-X, which extends the MDL to Okinawa and into the Yellow Sea to China. I believe the Chinese are behind Kim's exploits and adventure.