Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu criticized on Wednesday Japanese remarks of making "a preemptive strike" against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling the move "extremely irresponsible".

Jiang said this when asked to comment on the repeated remarks by some Japanese politicians that Japan should launch a "preemptive strike" against the DPRK, according to sources with the Ministry.

Jiang said the Japanese remarks made at a time when the international community is trying all efforts of peaceful diplomacy are "extremely irresponsible" and hard to understand.

The Japanese move is like adding fuel to the flames, and it would only severely interfere with the international diplomatic efforts and aggravate tensions in Northeast Asia, which is what the people of all countries would not want to see, she said.