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 |  Subject: NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR THREAT IS ‘IMMINENT’ AND ‘CRITICAL,’ JAPAN WARNS  Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:35 am | |
| NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR THREAT IS ‘IMMINENT’ AND ‘CRITICAL,’ JAPAN WARNS
October 26, 2017 by SkyWatch Editor
 Japan’s defense minister is warning that North Korea’s nuclear program and long-range missile capabilities represent an “unprecedented, critical and imminent” threat, Reuters reports. “The country has steadfastly improved its nuclear and missiles capability,” Defense Minister Itsunori Odonera said Monday. “Therefore, we have to take calibrated and different responses to meet that level of threat.” He did not expand on what he meant by “different responses.” His remarks came during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and South Korea’s defense minister, Song Young-moo, in the Philippines. Song agreed during the meeting that North Korea’s “provocative behavior is becoming worse and worse,” while Mattis contended the reclusive nation continues to “threaten regional and global security.” (READ MORE) |
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