Japan Today:

The defense ministers of China and Japan agreed Wednesday that the two countries will work together to achieve North Korea’s denuclearization amid growing tensions between Washington and Pyongyang.

The agreement comes as denuclearization talks have stalled, with North Korea warning that it will resume nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests if dialogue with Washington fails to achieve a breakthrough by the end of the year.

U.S. Special Envoy of North Korea Stephen Biegun has asserted that “the United States does not have a deadline.”

While visiting Japan and South Korea this past week, Biegun added Beijing to his list of destinations in order “to discuss the need to maintain international unity on North Korea” with Chinese officials.

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