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Let's see... Japan has 300,000 total military personnel to NK's 6 million. Japan has 250,000 frontline personnel to NK's 1.2 million. Japan has a slight advantage of about 300 total aircraft, but NK has around 17,000 missile defense systems to Japan's roughly 1000. And 175 total ships to NK's almost 800.
Technology aside, I'm not sure why this looks like a good match up. Maybe Japan could take out some nuclear capability with a sneak attack (who would suspect the Japanese, right?), but the rest of NK's military machine, however broken down and antiquated it may be, would spring to life and rain hell all over eastern Asia.
Personally, as one who lives in Japan, I would rather not see that happen. If it is necessary to take out NK's nuke sites, it will be necessary to take out their entire military capability. I believe that this would be better accomplished by a sustained cruise missile barrage of unimaginable proportion brought on simultaneoulsy by The US, China, and Russia.
I don't believe that Japan is in danger of NK's nukes yet, because there is no delivery system other than a bomber. Before we start talking about Japan gettin' all up in NK's face militarilly, there are other options to explore.
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