Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Monday the government’s utmost efforts to ensure the safety of residents in four western Japan prefectures over which North Korea recently said its missiles could fly en route to waters off the U. S. territory of Guam. Accepting a written request…
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Monday the government’s utmost efforts to ensure the safety of residents in four western Japan prefectures over which North Korea recently said its missiles could fly en route to waters off the U. S. territory of Guam.
Accepting a written request from Shimane Gov Zembee Mizoguchi urging the central government to take full measures, Abe said at his office in Tokyo, «We will do our utmost (for possible North Korean missiles) not to cause any harm to people.»
Abe also stressed that the government is seeking to put more pressure on North Korea to stop its ballistic missile firing in cooperation with the United States and South Korea as well as China and Russia. «It’s important to have North Korea forgo such an intolerable act, » he said.
