CAMP DAVID, Maryland (AP) -- President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe demanded on Friday that North Korea live up to its promises and abandon its nuclear weapons program.
The two leaders threatened more sanctions against Pyongyang.
"There's a price to pay," Bush said, standing alongside Abe at the presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains.
"Our partners in the six-party talks are patient, but our patience is not unlimited," Bush said, referring to disarmament negotiations between the United States, Japan, China, Russia, South Korea and North Korea
For his part, Abe said, "We completely see eye to eye on this matter. They need to respond properly on these issues. Otherwise we will have to take a tougher response on our side."
North Korea missed a deadline to shut down its nuclear reactor under an agreement reached in February.
Bush's words appeared to be an attempt to persuade Abe that the United States is not softening its stance on North Korea.
Japan is already withholding economic and food aid to the reclusive communist regime.
Abe said that sanctions "will worsen" if North Korea continues to defy the international community.
On another subject, Abe apologized for the Japanese military's actions in forcing women to work in military brothels during World War II. He said he wanted to "express my apologies that they were placed in that circumstance."
Abe created a controversy recently by suggesting their was no evidence Japan's Imperial Army had directly coerced the so-called "comfort women" to work in brothels.
In his Camp David remarks, Abe said he had apologized for those remarks in his meetings with members of Congress on Thursday, and again with Bush on Friday.
Bush said the comfort women situation was "a regrettable chapter in the history of the world. And I accept the prime minister's apology."
Abe expressed "deep-hearted sympathies" for the comfort women, saying they had been placed "in extreme hardship."
At the same time, Abe said that "human rights were violated in many parts of the world" at the time. "So we have to make the 21st century a century in which no human rights are violated," he said. He pledged to make "a significant contribution to this end."
On the North Korea issue, Bush said, "We expect North Korea to meet all its commitments under the February 13th agreement. And we will continue working closely with our partners."
A U.S. decision to allow the return of $25 million in disputed North Korean money in an attempt to move the disarmament process forward has been criticized in Japan as a sign of softness.
Bush addressed this issue. "There's a financial arrangement that we're now trying to clarify for the North Koreans, so that that will enable them to have no excuse for moving forward. And that's where we are right now," he said.
"I think it's wise to show the North Korean leader as well that there's a better way forward. I wouldn't call that soft," said Bush.
On another nuclear weapons issue, Bush also said that "we speak with one voice to the regime in Iran. Our nations have fully implemented the sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security Council in response to Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
"Further defiance by Iran will only lead to additional sanctions and to further isolation from the international community," Bush said.
live up to
〔期待｛きたい｝など〕に沿う［かなう・応える・応えて生活｛せいかつ｝する］
abandon
〔計画｛けいかく｝・勝負｛しょうぶ｝・希望｛きぼう｝・職業｛しょくぎょう｝・習慣｛しゅうかん｝などを〕あきらめる、断念｛だんねん｝する、中止｛ちゅうし｝する
sanction
制裁措置｛せいさい そち｝、制裁｛せいさい｝
retreat
隠居所｛いんきょ じょ｝、静養所｛せいよう じょ｝
disarmament
軍備縮小｛ぐんび しゅくしょう｝、武装解除｛ぶそう かいじょ｝
attempt
試み｛こころみ｝、企て
攻撃｛こうげき｝、襲撃｛しゅうげき｝
試みる、企てる
withholding
差し控え 引き留める、差し控える
reclusive
孤立｛こりつ｝した、人里離れた、人目｛ひとめ｝を避けた、秘密裏｛ひみつり｝の
communist
共産主義者｛きょうさん しゅぎしゃ｝、共産党員｛きょうさん とういん｝
regime レジーム
政治形態｛せいじ けいたい｝、政権｛せいけん｝、社会体制｛しゃかい たいせい｝
worsen
〔状況｛じょうきょう｝・天候｛てんこう｝などが〕悪化｛あっか｝する、一層ひどくなる
defy
反抗｛はんこう｝する、逆らう、無視｛むし｝する、挑む、食ってかかる、盾突く
brothel
売春宿｛ばいしゅんやど｝、淫売宿｛いんばいやど｝、娼家｛しょうか｝、遊廓｛ゆうかく
coerce コアース
～を強制｛きょうせい｝する、強制｛きょうせい｝して～させる、強要｛きょうよう｝する
disputed
争点｛そうてん｝となっている、紛争中｛ふんそうちゅう｝［係争中｛けいそう ちゅう｝］の、真偽｛しんぎ｝を問われている、真贋問題｛しんがん もんだい｝となっている
clarify
～を明確｛めいかく｝［明らか・明快｛めいかい｝］にする、はっきりさせる、解明｛かいめい｝する
implement
実行｛じっこう｝する、行う、実施｛じっし｝する、実践｛じっせん｝する、施行｛しこう｝する、履行｛りこう｝する、執行｛しっこう｝する、進める、遂行｛すいこう｝する、成就｛じょうじゅ｝する、〔条件｛じょうけん｝を〕満たす、〔手段｛しゅだん｝を〕講じる、提供｛ていきょう｝する
impose
（人に厚かましく）出しゃばる、威圧｛いあつ｝する、つけ込む、乱用｛らんよう｝する、だます
pursuit
追いかけ、追跡｛ついせき｝、追撃｛ついげき｝
defiance
果敢｛かかん｝な抵抗｛ていこう｝、反抗的｛はんこうてき｝［挑戦的｛ちょうせんてき｝］な態度｛たいど｝、反逆｛はんぎゃく｝、挑戦｛ちょうせん｝
