TOKYO (AP) --
Japan
's prime minister says the world should impose tough new sanctions against
North Korea
if it goes ahead with plans for a nuclear test.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a television talk show Tuesday that Japan and the international community will need to impose ``quite severe measures'' against North Korea if it conducts the test. He said
North Korea
would not gain anything from such a provocation.
Last week,
North Korea
announced plans for a nuclear test after the United Nations Security Council punished it for firing a long-range rocket in December. The Security Council said the rocket violated a ban on nuclear and missile activity and ordered the regime to refrain from a nuclear test.
North Korea
says it launched a satellite as part of a peaceful space program.
