| [Kyodo: Korea] Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone on Friday called on North Korea to ""refrain from behavior that raises tension"" in the region in response to a report by the official Korean Central News Agency that the North"s uranium enrichment experiment has progressed to the final phase. The latest development also drew reaction from Katsuya Okada, a senior Democratic Party of Japan member expected to get a key Cabinet post in the incoming DPJ-led administration, who stressed the need to take a ""tough"" stance against the North. |