SEOUL (Kyodo) Japan, South Korea and the United States should work together to bring China aboard in getting a strong United Nations resolution over North Korea's underground nuclear test last month, opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak agreed Friday.
Hatoyama and Lee reached the agreement during a meeting at the Blue House presidential office, his aides said.
In a separate meeting with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyong O, Hatoyama also called for "stern measures" to deal with North Korea's military threats that have raised tensions in the region, according to Yonhap news agency.