Japan to take action with US after N Korea missile test
May 29, 2017
Prime Minister Shizo Abe says Japan ‘will take concrete action with the United States’ to deter North Korea.
Abe spoke to reporters shortly after North Korea fired a Scud missile into its waters [Toru Hanai/Reuters]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his country will join the United States in taking concrete action against North Korea after its latest ballistic missile test.
On Monday, North Korea test-fired a Scud missile into Japanese waters, the third test in as many weeks and the 12th this year – carried out in defiance of UN sanctions warnings and US threats of possible military action.
“We will never tolerate North Korea’s continued provocations that ignore repeated warnings by the international community,” Abe told reporters shortly after the test.
“As agreed during the G7 summit, the North Korean problem is the international community’s top priority. In order to deter North Korea, we will take concrete action with the United States.”
