Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Thursday to work with the international community and strengthen Japan's defense capabilities this year in the face of North Korea's nuclear and missile development."We will go forth with resolute diplomacy in order to make North Korea change its policies," Abe said at a New Year press conference in Ise in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, after visiting the Ise Grand Shrine in the city earlier in the day.Calling the security situation enveloping Japan the most severe in the post-World War II era, Abe said his administration will "strive to strengthen our defens…READ FULL ARTICLE
