7 January 2016, 21:25 GMT
TOKYO (Sputnik) — On Wednesday, North Korea announced that it had successfully tested a nuclear fusion bomb. Following the announcement, the UN Security Council said it would begin work on anti-Pyongyang measures in a new resolution. The test, however, has not been confirmed yet, Cristian Istrate, the Chairperson of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said Thursday.
"I urge [North Korea] to completely abandon the existing nuclear and missile programs and promptly and fully comply with a UN Security Council resolution," Abe said during a parliamentary session, as quoted by the Kyodo news agency.
Earlier in the day, the upper house of Japan's parliament unanimously adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's fourth nuclear test.
North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2005 and conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013, having earlier withdrawn from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that it ratified in 1985.
