Japan Urges China to Pressure North Korea After Missile Test

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Japan urged China to take action against North Korea after it test-fired a ballistic missile over the weekend, the first provocation from Kim Jong Un?s regime since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. North Korea fired at least 25 projectiles last year, according to the UN, which bans it from pursuing ballistic missile technology because it could be used to deliver nuclear warheads. Either the U.S. gets the Chinese to help increase pressure on North Korea through sanctions, or Trump will have ?a truly consequential decision,? he said on CNN?s ?Fareed Zakaria GPS? on Sunday. The country?s ability to put a miniaturized nuclear weapon on a missile has risen after the test on Sunday, he said. The United Nations Security Council plans to convene an emergency meeting Monday night in New York to discuss North Korea, Japan?s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters in Tokyo.