Japan welcomes Security Council resolution against North Korea

Japan on Saturday welcomed the U.N. Security Council's unaninous adoption of a resolution against North Korea over its claimed nuclear test, expressing "the gravest concern" and calling for all U.N. members to take wide-ranging economic and diplomatic sanctions.

Japanese U.N. ambassador Kenzo Oshima, who serves as president of the council for the month of October, told the council, "The resolution is one of the most important decisions this council has taken in recent times on an issue of the gravest concern to the international community."