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Japan needs to realize the need for a "peace spirit" and transparency in implementing its new defense policy, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
The statement comes after the Japanese Upper House approved 11 security bills that allow Japan's Self-Defense Forces to fight alongside the United States or other its allies even when the country is not under attack.
"In deciding and implementing defense and security policy down the road, Japan will have do so with transparency and in the direction of contributing to regional peace and stability, while maintaining the spirit of the pacifist constitution," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
South Korea also said Seoul's explicit consent was necessary if Japan wanted to be involved on the Korean Peninsula.
