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 TOKYO (AP) - A top U.S. envoy pushed for a united international front against North Korea's recent missile tests Sunday, but divisions widened over a U.S.-backed Japanese proposal for sanctions against Pyongyang.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill was in Tokyo ahead of a possible vote in the U.N. Security Council on the resolution. Despite resistance from China and Russia, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso vowed Sunday not to compromise on the measure's tough wording.
South Korea has not publicly taken a position on the resolution but on Sunday issued a harsh rebuke of Japan's outspoken criticism of the North Korean missile launches last week.
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