PYONGYANG, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A newly released report by the Defense Ministry of Japan reveals its ambition for overseas expansion, a leading state-run newspaper of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) claimed Monday.

    The report on "the strategic prospect of East Asia for 2008" expressed uneasiness at "Russia bolstering its forces in the Far East," "China's moves to increase its military muscle" and the DPRK's nuclear tests and missile tests, said a commentary carried by the Rodong Sinmun newspaper.

    The report aimed to make preemptive attacks on other countries under the "absurd pretext" of someone's "threat" and help Japan realize its ambition for overseas expansion at any cost, the commentary claimed.

    The commentary also claimed that moves by Japanese "militarists" for overseas expansion were an increasing danger to the world, as the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) was going beyond the boundary of the areas around Japan.

    Japan was rounding off "the preparations for mounting preemptive attacks for aggression in a bid to conquer not only Northeast Asia but the rest of the world," the commentary claimed.