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| ‘100% with Japan’: Trump, Abe agree to increase pressure on Pyongyang after missile test | ‘100% with Japan’: Trump, Abe agree to increase pressure on Pyongyang after missile test |
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| Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has held a phone conversation with US president Donald Trump, in which the two leaders agreed to ramp up pressure on North Korea after its latest test of a suspected intermediate range ballistic missile which flew over Japan. | Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has held a phone conversation with US president Donald Trump, in which the two leaders agreed to ramp up pressure on North Korea after its latest test of a suspected intermediate range ballistic missile which flew over Japan. |
| Following the conversation, Abe told reporters that Trump restated Washington's full commitment to their ally’s security and assured him that the United States was “100 percent with Japan.” | |
| After Tuesday’s launch and flyby over Japanese territory, the country’s prime minister vowed to do everything in his power to protect his nation. | |
| “We will make utmost efforts to firmly protect the lives of the people,”Shinzo Abe said Tuesday before convening an emergency session on the missile firing, Reuters reports. | |
| Abe also said that Japan had "requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council." | |
| Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary earlier described Pyongyang's latest action as a “grave threat.” | Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary earlier described Pyongyang's latest action as a “grave threat.” |
| “This ballistic missile launch appeared to fly over our territory. It is an unprecedented, serious and grave threat to our nation,” Yoshihide Suga told reporters, according to Reuters. | “This ballistic missile launch appeared to fly over our territory. It is an unprecedented, serious and grave threat to our nation,” Yoshihide Suga told reporters, according to Reuters. |
| READ MORE: North Korea fires missile through Japan’s airspace | READ MORE: North Korea fires missile through Japan’s airspace |
| Suga added that Tokyo will work closely with Washington and Seoul, as well as other regional countries to issue an appropriate response. | Suga added that Tokyo will work closely with Washington and Seoul, as well as other regional countries to issue an appropriate response. |