"If a war occurs, the result is a situation in which everybody loses and there can be no victor".
"Anyone who provokes war on the Korean Peninsula will assume responsibility and pay the price", said the minister.
Japan says it is maintaining high levels of surveillance and taking "every possible measure" to respond to any contingency on the Korean Peninsula, where North Korea is warning of war and more nuclear tests.
North Korea says it is "on the brink of war" with the U.S.
U.S. military planes have also been conducting military drills alongside Japan in the Korean peninsula.
"With swords drawn and bows bent, ... there have been storm clouds gathering", China's Xinhua News Agency reported, adding that if North Korea and the US and its allies "let war break out on the peninsula, they must shoulder the historical culpability and pay the corresponding price for this".
There is also speculation about what options the United States would pursue following Pyongyang's next test.
"We are sending an armada".
38 North, a US-based monitoring group, said on Thursday that they confirmed via satellite images from North's mountainous Punggye-ri site that North Korea is "primed and ready" to conduct the country's sixth nuclear test since 2006.
We worry, however, that this is about more than that.
North Korea's vice foreign minister today claimed the President of the United States would be to blame after a series of antagonising military exercises and tweets.
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But he insists China must handle the Pyongyang problem or suffer the consequences - alarming Beijing, the country's sole major ally and economic lifeline. "We are sending an armada. China is willing to give support to all of them", Wang said.
But it has lately adopted a tougher line against its neighbour, including suspending coal imports from the country for the remainder of the year.
The North Korean nuclear threat has been growing since the reclusive regime first tested a nuclear weapon in 2006.
"This is Pyongyang's best choice", it said. Amid rising regional tensions, Pyongyang residents have been preparing for.
Moscow has weighed in as well: "We are gravely concerned about Washington's plans regarding North Korea, considering hints about the unilateral use of a military scenario" the Putin government said in a press release issued on Tuesday.
Before the worldwide press and tens of thousands of his adoring citizens, he cut a wide red ribbon to rhythmic cheers, before waving and returning to his Mercedes limousine.
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China has always opposed any rhetoric or actions that escalate tension and historically dialogue has proved to be the only solution, he said.
"We urge all parties to refrain from inflammatory or threatening statements and deeds to prevent the situation on the Korean peninsula from becoming irreversible", Wang told reporters after meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
A top North Korean official is accusing the Trump administration of wanting to "annihilate" the country. On April 8, the USA government dispatched a Navy carrier strike group to the area, further increasing tensions.
Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the upper house of Russian parliament, said Friday "the most alarming thing about the current US administration is that you can't be sure if it is bluffing or really going to implement its threats".
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