Japan imposes additional sanctions on DPRK

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Japan will impose additional sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to the continuing threat posed by the reclusive nation's missile and nuclear programs, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday.

The sanctions, mentioned by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a joint news conference with US President Donald Trump on Monday, will freeze the assets of nine organizations and 26 individuals, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference.

Suga said the DPRK crisis is a pressing threat unseen before, but its provocative actions cannot be acceptable. "Its provocative actions, in which it has ignored the severe warnings of international society, are totally unacceptable," he said.

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a working lunch in Tokyo, November 6, 2017. /Reuters Photo

The organizations are DPRK'S banks, while the individuals are based in a number of nations, including China, Russia and Libya.

Suga said the move was taken in the wake of Trump's visit as a way of demonstrating the determination of the two nations to stand together and increase pressure on Pyongyang.

Trump said on Monday that the United States stood in solidarity with Japan on the DPRK and called Pyongyang's ballistic missile launches over Japan "a threat to the civilized world and to international peace and stability."

Source(s): Reuters