Japan Today:
Just as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s second meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump has exposed his unwillingness to completely give up his country’s weapons and production capabilities, Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile threat against Japan remains intact.
Even though North Korea has suspended nuclear and missile tests for more than a year — with Kim promising to continue doing so, according to Trump — it still deploys several hundred ballistic missiles capable of hitting Japan, possibly with nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
While acknowledging the significance of direct engagement between Trump and Kim, the Japanese Defense Ministry said in its latest white paper, “There is no change in our basic recognition concerning the threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles.”
