Economics
Japan Backs U.S. Proposal to Target North Korea's Oil Supplies
- Defense minister says Japan faces biggest threat since WWII
- North Korea making it harder for Japan to stop missiles
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Japan backed a U.S. push for the United Nations Security Council to vote Monday on fresh sanctions against North Korea, saying that Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program poses the most serious threat since World War II.
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on Sunday urged tougher sanctions including curbing oil supplies to North Korea. He warned that the regime’s advances in missile technology are complicating Japan’s ability to intercept them.