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Friday October 20, 8:48 PM

N. Korea leader has diabetes, may make nuke attack on Japan: Nakagawa

(Kyodo) _ North Korea's leader could make a nuclear attack on Japan because he suffers from diabetes, ruling Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday.

"One does not do such a thing normally. But because that country's leader has overeaten luxurious food and suffers from diabetes, he could think about it," he said in a speech in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, referring to the possibility of North Korea using a nuclear weapon against Japan.

Anxiety has been rising about the possibility since North Korea tested what is believed to be a nuclear weapon on Oct. 9.

Nakagawa, chairman of the LDP's Policy Research Council, stirred controversy as he made remarks Sunday during a television program calling for a debate about Japan going nuclear and a possible review of country's nonnuclear principles.

 


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