PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte threw his support behind Japan’s call to increase pressure on North Korea and cautioned President Kim Jong-un not to threaten the world with his nuclear missiles.

Duterte made the assurance in a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Pasay City on Monday night.

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