美国国务卿克林顿谴责北韩造成韩国军舰沉没，她说“挑衅行为将带来后果”。
克林顿星期五在东京同日本外相冈田克也出席联合记者会时对这个事件进行遣责。这是她对东亚三国访问的第一站。
她说，“不能一切如常”，而必须有“国际回应”。
疑似鱼雷袭击后不断加剧的紧张气氛也影响对日本冲绳岛美军基地搬迁问题的讨论。
克林顿国务卿说，对韩国军舰的袭击显示，日本和美国“仍面对危险和挑战”。
克林顿还将在访问中国和韩国期间讨论如何对北韩做出回应。
她在与日本首相鸠山由纪夫会谈后于星期五抵达上海。
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denounced North Korea for the sinking of a South Korean warship, saying “provocative actions have consequences.”
Clinton condemned the incident during a joint news conference Friday with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada in Tokyo, at the start of her three-nation tour of East Asia.
She said this “cannot be business as usual” adding there must be an “international response.”
The rising tensions that have followed the suspected torpedo attack have also influenced discussions about relocating a U.S. military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
Clinton said the attack on the South Korean warship shows there are “still dangers and challenges” that confront Japan and the United States together.
Clinton also will discuss a response to North Korea during her visits to China and South Korea.
She arrived in Shanghai Friday following talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.