Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday during a parliamentary meeting that Japan will take “undaunted but firm action” against the nuclear test by North Korea. Abe reportedly added that its own “North Korea policy is under consideration.”

Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida told the reporters that Japan would “consider its own North Korea policy,” aside from U.N. Security Council actions.

Japan has sought international cooperation to confirm the “global consensus” regarding the North’s test. Kishida indicated that he would arrange a phone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss how to respond to the North’s