North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warns that Japan is moving toward becoming a “war state” and urges North Korea to strengthen its military capabilities, according to reporting from Yahoo UK News and The Independent. The accounts describe Kim’s message as linking Japan’s direction with what he portrays as a worsening international security environment. Kim also frames North Korea’s nuclear posture as central to coping with “unpredictable” changes in international military and political conditions. The Independent characterizes his remarks as emphasizing that North Korea’s “exercising position of nuclear weapons state” is, in his view, the most “correct and unique” way to respond to the evolving situation. Both sources present the warning and call to action as part of Kim’s broader rhetoric about threats in the region and the need to maintain or expand deterrent and military readiness. The reports do not indicate any specific immediate actions announced by North Korea beyond the stated intent to bolster military capability.