Japan, Britain eye coordination over N. Korea, post-Brexit economic ties

Japan and Britain agreed Tuesday to deepen security cooperation to ensure stability in Asia as challenges remain for North Korea's abandonment of its nuclear weapons and missiles and the implementation of U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang.During talks in Tokyo, Foreign Minister Taro Kono and British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt also stressed the importance of stronger economic ties as promoters of free trade."The U.K. and Japan are global strategic partners sharing fundamental values," Kono told Hunt at the outset of the meeting, expressing hope to take the bilateral relationship to "the ne…READ FULL ARTICLE