Japan's “Korean-minded” professor says, “It is difficult to prevent North Korea's provocations through deterrence alone” - South Korean report

Professor Masashi Kimiya of the University of Tokyo, a representative of Japan's ``Korean-minded people,'' said, ``We should deter North Korea through a bold initiative, but it is difficult to prevent North Korea's provocations through deterrence alone.'' "'
"We should approach North Korea with two policies: deterrence and reassurance to influence North Korea's actions."
Professor Kimiya said in an interview with the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) joint press team held at Waseda University's International Conference Center on the 29th of last month, ``A few years ago,
``North Korea will develop strategic nuclear weapons capable of countering the United States'' and ``North Korea will develop missiles that can put the United States within its range,'' but recently it has been said that North Korea will develop tactical nuclear weapons that can be used for actual combat.
"They are targeting South Korea and Japan, where there are US military bases." He went on to say, ``From Japan's standpoint, Japan-North Korea diplomatic negotiations must begin,'' and ``Japan-North Korea diplomatic negotiations themselves mean that North Korea must
It serves to prevent people from attacking books aggressively." Professor Kimiya said, ``While North Korea's provocations continue, the direction of Japan-South Korea diplomacy is the same: ``North Korea must be deterred.''
Therefore, cooperation between Japan, the United States, and South Korea will continue for the time being." When asked, ``Isn't North Korea's security only possible because of the United States?'' he answered, ``Not only the United States, but also South Korea.
"It's possible, albeit only partially," he said, expressing doubts about the South Korean government's decision to suspend some provisions of the September 19 inter-Korean military agreement based on such a strategy.
Professor Kimiya said, ``If North Korea conducted a nuclear test, I think it should be done, but even though South Korea has also launched satellites, North Korea should not be the only one to do so.''
"If we say so, there is a risk that it will be seen as a double standard."