Nearly 60% of South Koreans see Japan as military threat

Nearly 60% of South Koreans see Japan as military threat

Yasushi Kudo, head of Japanese civic group Genron NPO, announces the outcome of a survey on May 29, 2015, in Tokyo. It showed nearly 60 percent of polled South Koreans said they see Japan as a military threat, up from 46.3 percent a year earlier, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to make changes to the country's postwar security policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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