Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) speaks to Hiroshi Imazu (C), Chairman of Research Commission on Security of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L), head of LDP panel on security policy, after a proposal on missile defense was submitted to Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Eugene Hoshiko/Pool
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party on Thursday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to consider acquiring the capability to hit enemy bases and to beef up missile defence, as North Korea defies U.N. sanctions with its nuclear and missile development.
"North Korea's provocations have reached a level where our country can by no means overlook them ... We cannot afford to lose any time to bolster our ballistic missile defence," said a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) proposal submitted to Abe.
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