Japan called Tuesday for continued pressure on North Korea regardless of the first formal meeting between the two Koreas in over two years.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga welcomed North Korea's announcement that it would send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea next month but said it would do nothing to change the cooperation of the United States, Japan and South Korea on pressuring Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program.
Noting that conditions have not been met for a resumption of dialogue with North Korea, Suga said in a recording for a radio program, "It is imperative that North Korea changes its current policy."