President Trump​ ​says Japan would be able to shoot North Korean ​rockets​ “out of the sky” when it buys new weapons from the United States, suggesting Tokyo take a more ​aggressive approach to​ ​threats from​ ​the rogue regime.

Speaking in Japan on Monday after a summit meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump said the “era of strategic patience” was over and the two countries must work together to stop the risk posed by North Korea’s missile and nuclear-weapons system.

Abe “will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the United States,” Trump said in Tokyo, ​his first stop o​n​ a tour of​ ​five Asian countries .​

​“The prime minister is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment, as he should. And we make the best military equipment by far.”

​In August and September, North Korea launched ballistic missiles that sailed over Japan before crashing into the Pacific.

​T​rump said Abe’s purchase of US firepower would have a two-prong effect: security for Japan and jobs for Americans.

“It’s a lot of jobs for us, and a lot of safety for Japan, and other countries that are likewise purchasing military equipment from us, that frankly a year ago or two years ago were not​,​”​ he said. ​

​Abe said Japan was interested in buying military equipment to protect itself and would be prepared to shoot down a North Korea rocket as part of its “legal cooperation” with the United States.

“For the intercepting and shooting down, if it is necessary, of course we will do that,” Abe said.

“We completely agreed that, in order to make North Korea change their policy, Japan and US must take leadership in closely collaborating with the international community so that we can enhance

the pressure to the maximum level over North Korea through all possible means.”

Trump and Abe have forged a strong friendship, which was on display at a banquet for the final event of Trump’s stop in Japan.

In a toast, the president told about how he was bombarded by phone calls from world leaders after his election and returned just a few — including one from Abe, who said he wanted to meet with Trump as soon as possible. Trump responded: Anytime.

Trump, as he told it, wasn’t aware of the protocol against president-elects meeting with world leaders.

He added that by the time he called Abe to wave him off, Abe was already en route to New York. “So I saw him and it worked out just fine,” Trump recalled.

North Korean government officials told CNN they were closely monitoring Trump’s visit to the region and said he was trying to inflame tensions.

“Nobody knows when and how the war maniac Trump will ignite the wick of war,” one said.

Trump is scheduled to arrive Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea, before taking off for China on Wednesday.

With Post wires