John Kerry in push to rein in North Korea

US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Japan on the last stop on an Asian tour aimed at solidifying support for curbing North Korea's nuclear programme.

Mr Kerry's talks with his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, coincide with preparations for the North's biggest holiday of the year tomorrow.

The "Day of the Sun", is the birth date of state founder Kim Il-Sung - an occasion for pomp and perhaps a military display.

The North's state media have so far ignored Mr Kerry's talks in Beijing and Seoul.

But they have issued new denunciations of US policy and made it plain North Korea has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons, described as the "treasured" guarantor of the North's security.

The North has threatened for weeks to attack the United States and South Korea since new UN sanctions were imposed in response to its latest nuclear arms test in February.

Speculation has mounted of a new missile launch or nuclear test.

Mr Kerry met top leaders in China yesterday and said both sides were committed to "the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula in a peaceful manner".

Japan, separated by less than 1,000km (625 miles) of water and a frequent target of North Korea's anger, is in easy range of North Korea's medium-range missiles.

Japanese news reports said Tokyo had sent Aegis-class destroyers capable of missile interception to the Sea of Japan.

Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missiles have been deployed at key locations in the capital and surrounding areas.

Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters it was important to communicate to North Korea that it must abandon nuclear and missile development.

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