Japan eyes extending sanctions on North Korea

Japan is considering extending its sanctions against North Korea, with the aim of keeping pressure on Pyongyang to denuclearize and resolve its abductions of Japanese nationals, a government source said Friday.The sanctions include a total ban on bilateral trade and forbid the entry into Japan of North Korean-registered ships and vessels that have stopped at a North Korean port.The move comes after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, the first such provocation in a year, in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Ca…READ FULL ARTICLE