U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen and Defense Agency Director General Hosei Norota agreed Wednesday to share information if North Korea test-fires a ballistic missile.
During their meeting at a Tokyo hotel, Norota asked Cohen to share U.S. intelligence with Japan even if a missile fell far from Japanese territorial waters and Self-Defense Forces failed to fully track it, Defense Agency councilor Yoshiki Mine said in a briefing to reporters.
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