This move comes as the U.S. and Japan increase their deterrence against China’s growing assertiveness in the region.

The joint drills with South Korea and Japan were denounced by Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister as ‘reckless muscle-flexing’.

Manufacturing sales in July jumped 2.5% from the month before to a seasonally adjusted 70.32 billion Canadian dollars, the equivalent of about $52.24 billion, Statistics Canada said Monday. That was ...