Christoph
05-01-07, 19:38
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday that Japan and the rest of the international community would respond with strong steps if North Korea conducted a second nuclear test.
"If that were to happen, the international community including Japan would take tougher measures," Abe told Reuters in an interview.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers questions during an interview with Reuters at his official residence in Tokyo January 5, 2007. Abe said on Friday that Japan and the rest of the international community would respond with strong steps if North Korea conducted a second nuclear test. (REUTERS/Toru Hanai)
But Abe, whose rise to Japan's top job owes much to public support for his tough stance towards Pyongyang, added that it was important to make efforts to resume six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme as soon as possibl
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"If that were to happen, the international community including Japan would take tougher measures," Abe told Reuters in an interview.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers questions during an interview with Reuters at his official residence in Tokyo January 5, 2007. Abe said on Friday that Japan and the rest of the international community would respond with strong steps if North Korea conducted a second nuclear test. (REUTERS/Toru Hanai)
But Abe, whose rise to Japan's top job owes much to public support for his tough stance towards Pyongyang, added that it was important to make efforts to resume six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme as soon as possibl
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http://thestaronline.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/5/worldupdates/2007-01-05T163205Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-282385-2&sec=Worldupdates