New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- TOKYO - North Korea's state news agency declared Japan's newly released annual defense paper "reinvasion-minded" on Monday, completing a rare trifecta of condemnation from all three countries the document identifies as Japan's principal security threats.

The Korean Central News Agency's characterization, reported by CGTN, came a week after China's foreign ministry rebuked Tokyo over the paper's designation of Beijing as Japan's "greatest strategic challenge," and as Russia moved through diplomatic channels to add its voice to the criticism, a convergence noted by the Korea Herald on Monday under the headline that North Korea had "joined" China and Russia in opposing Japan's defense posture.

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