Japan, US, South Korea Reaffirm Joint Response to North Korea Threat

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim (L), Japan Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Takehiro Funakoshi (C), and South Korea Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Gunn pose for photographers prior to hold trilateral meeting on North Korea at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2022. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo

TOKYO—Diplomats from the United States, Japan and South Korea reaffirmed their commitment on Wednesday to working together in response to any threat from North Korea, including a possible new nuclear test.

The three senior diplomats in charge of North Korean affairs also underscored their efforts to strengthen their security partnership. Japan and South Korea acknowledge their need to improve bilateral and trilateral cooperation. Relations between Japan and South Korea have been badly damaged by historical disputes over Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula.