Japan says it and U.S. share stance pressure needed on North Korea

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event in Tokyo, Japan August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States are in "100 percent" agreement that pressure should be maximised on North Korea over its weapons and nuclear programme, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday.

Suga, Japan's top government spokesman, said this was a stance they had previously affirmed.