TOKYO -- As Japan and the U.S. consider urging the United Nations Security Council to adopt an oil embargo against North Korea, such a sanction promises to intensify pressure on Pyongyang as well as Beijing and Moscow but risks an unpredictable or even disastrous response from the rogue state.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with President Donald Trump by phone two days in a row following the North's latest missile launch Tuesday. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono also held two conversations with U.S. counterpart Rex Tillerson. The officials are ironing out additional sanctions they hope to pass in the Security Council.
