November 29, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to boost their response to North Korea's missile program and urged China to do more, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.

In a phone call the leaders "agreed to strengthen our deterrence capability against the North Korean threat," Yasutoshi Nishimura, deputy chief cabinet secretary, told reporters after Pyongyang fired what Japan said appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile into waters in Japan's exclusive economic zone.

Trump and Abe also "agreed that China needs to play an increased role" in countering North Korea, Nishimura said.

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