N. Korean security cooperation confirmed by leaders of Japan and South Korea

After North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol discussed the need of security cooperation involving the United States.

Kishida told reporters that in their first phone call since Yoon's inauguration in May, the two leaders expressed a desire to keep in touch as they work to forge a "future-oriented" partnership ....