Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Monday for New York, where he will seek a united front against North Korea at the U.N. General Assembly and in bilateral talks with other leaders.

"I would like to call on the international community to fully implement U.N. sanction resolutions on North Korea," Abe told reporters shortly before departing from Tokyo's Haneda airport.

Abe said he also aims to "confirm close coordination" with the United States and South Korea in dealing with North Korea at his planned meetings with the leaders of those two countries.