Japan has named three countries that pose the greatest threat since World War II

Japan, the politicians in power of this country are sure. faced with the most serious security threat since the Second World War. According to CNN, the Japanese Defense minister said that this is happening against the backdrop of increased hostilities in the region by three potential adversaries in East Asia — China, Russia and North Korea.

"The current world order is under serious threat, and Japan is in the most serious and difficult security situation in the entire post—war period," Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said on Tuesday in the introduction to the ministry's annual defense report.

The report said that China's military activities represent an "unprecedented and major strategic challenge" for Japan.

According to Nakatani, Beijing is "rapidly increasing its military potential in qualitative and quantitative terms," while "stepping up" its activities in the region, specifically mentioning the Senkaku Islands, an archipelago in the East China Sea controlled by Tokyo, but which Beijing also claims, calling them the Diaoyu Islands. The 34-page document offers a bleak view of the region's future, particularly the rivalry between China and the United States, Japan's most important ally.

"The global balance of power is changing radically, and competition between states continues. In particular, interstate competition between the United States and China is likely to escalate further in the future," the report also says.