Japan Seeks China’s Help to Counter N Korea Amid Growing Hysteria
SputnikNews.com
01.06.2017
Japan called on China to play a more important role in containing the DPRK’s nuclear missile program. Sputnik spoke with Russian experts about whether China will exert more pressure on North Korea and what the consequences could be of that for the whole region.
The Secretary of the National Security Council of Japan, Shotaro Yachi, told China’s State Councilor, Yang Jiechi, that Japan seeks to enlist the support of China in countering the missile launches of the DPRK, according to the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post.
The request was made during the Sino-Japanese talks held in Tokyo.
“Japan and China need to work together to strongly urge North Korea to avoid further provocative actions and obey things like United Nations resolutions,” Yachi was quoted as telling Yang, urging China to take on a bigger role.
Meanwhile, a recent missile test by the DPRK fell in the exclusive economic zone of Japan and it could cause Tokyo to put the North Korean threat at the center of the visit of a high-ranking Chinese official.
Moreover, it became known that the North Korean military tested a new high-precision missile guidance system with the personal participation of the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un.
All these factors are making Japan extremely anxious and forcing Japan to seek help from its regional neighbors including China.
Sputnik spoke with Russian experts about whether China will agree to help Japan in this.
An expert of the Institute of the Far East, Valery Kistanov, noted that Japan is quite certain that if a conflict with the DPRK breaks out it is Japan that will suffer the consequences and not the US. This fear is developing into nationwide hysteria, especially in the regions overlooking the Sea of Japan.
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