| A top Japanese official is calling for U.N. economic | | | | Interviewed on the television program Fox News |
| sanctions against North Korea if Pyongyang tests | | | | Sunday, U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen |
| a nuclear device. | | | | Hadley said a nuclear test would be an act of |
| Shinzo Abe, acting secretary general of Japan's | | | | defiance, and prompt Washington and its allies to |
| ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Sunday that it | | | | discuss new steps to punish the North Korean |
| would be "unthinkable" for Tokyo to do nothing | | | | government. |
| should North Korea conduct such a test. | | | | North Korea has warned that it will consider any |
| U.S. officials have warned that North Korea may | | | | sanctions imposed against it a declaration of war. |
| be preparing for a nuclear test, citing satellite | | | | Some information for this report provided by AFP |
| photos they say show suspicious activity near the | | | | and AP. |
| coastal town of Kilju. | | | | |