Aso blasts North's nuclear test as grave challenge to NPT regime

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters about North Korea's nuclear test at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 25. Aso said the test is a ''grave challenge'' to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty regime and a ''clear violation'' of a U.N. Security Council resolution banning the North from nuclear activity.

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