Japan and Italy's foreign ministers agreed Saturday to expand cooperation to end North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs, Japanese officials said. 
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni also agreed on the need to prevent what they call unilateral actions to change the status quo in the East and South China seas, an apparent reference to Beijing's aggressive assertion of territorial claims in the disputed waters, according to Japan's (Kyodo) News Agency. 
The meeting took place just days after North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan in yet another act of defiance against the international community and UN resolutions banning such action.

Source: QNA