Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said they had agreed on Friday to ramp up three-way ties with the United States in responding to North Korea's evolving military threat
Kishida told reporters after a phone call with Yoon the two agreed to stay in close contact over North Korea and shared the view it would be good to meet as soon as possible.North Korea recently used what is believed to be a new intercontinental ballistic missile system in two secretive launches, likely paving the way for a resumption of long-range tests, US and South Korean officials said on Friday.
A spokeswoman for Yoon, who won Wednesday's presidential election, said he expressed hopes for greater trilateral cooperation involving the US in dealing with North Korea.Read MoreRelations between the two neighbors have been strained over issues stemming from Japan's 1910-45 colonization over the Korean peninsula, including victims of Japan's forced labor and mobilization of wartime brothels.
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