The security situation facing Japan is the most perilous since World War II because of North Korea’s „unacceptable“ provocations, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday and he vowed to bolster defenses to protect the Japanese people. Tension in the region has been rising, particularly since North Korea conducted
The security situation facing Japan is the most perilous since World War II because of North Korea’s „unacceptable“ provocations, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday and he vowed to bolster defenses to protect the Japanese people.
Tension in the region has been rising, particularly since North Korea conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test in September, and then in November, said it had successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach all of the U. S. mainland.
„It is not an exaggeration to say that the security environment surrounding Japan is at its severest since World War II. I will protect the people’s lives and peaceful living in any situation,“ Abe told a New Year news conference in Ise, Mie Prefecture, after visiting Ise Shrine.
Abe said Japan would take new steps to strengthen its defense posture but he did not go to specifics.
