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Vice President Pence in Japan Amid Rising U.S.-North Korea Tensions

HeadlineApr 18, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence is in Japan today for talks with the deputy prime minister and other top Japanese officials amid rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. On Monday, a senior North Korean official said North Korea would begin conducting missile tests weekly, despite demands from the U.S. and other countries for North Korea to put a halt to its nuclear program.

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