Tokyo wants to strengthen an international alliance against Pyongyang as tensions rise over its nuclear weapons programme
Japan’s prime minister may have spent the past week talking trade and economic ties with Baltic and Eastern European leaders but Shinzo Abe is still greatly concerned with North Korea’s nuclear ambitions as tensions continue to rise.
Although Pyongyang has moved to narrow diplomatic differences with South Korea by holding talks and agreeing to send a joint team to the Winter Olympics, Japan has warned that the world should not be fooled by Pyongyang’s recent “charm offensive”.
On the sidelines of Abe’s six-country tour, euronews correspondent James O’Hagan spoke to Norio Maruyama, Japan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, who said Tokyo is actively seeking partners to form an international alliance.
