Japan PM urges NKorea to stop missiles

The Japanese PM has told the national parliament North Korea must refrain from taking further provocative actions and comply with UN resolutions.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged North Korea to refrain from further provocative actions (AAP)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged North Korea to refrain from taking further provocative actions, comply with UN resolutions and abandon its nuclear missile development.

Tensions on the Korean peninsula have escalated as US President Donald Trump takes a hard rhetorical line with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has rebuffed admonitions from China and proceeded with missile tests. North Korea launched a failed ballistic missile test on Sunday.

Abe, speaking to parliament, said that he would exchange views on North Korea with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they hold a summit meeting later this month.

The US, its allies, and China are working together on a range of responses to North Korea's latest test, US President Donald Trump's national security adviser said on Sunday, citing what he called an international consensus to act.


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