US Vice-President In Japan For Trade & Security Talks

US Vice President Mike Pence has arrived in Japan the second leg of his Asian tour. Security and trade are on the menu, after scrapping the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership, the White House needs to open doors for US-made products and attract Japanese investments in the United States. The visit comes just two days after North Korea carried out a missile test and threatened to use nuclear weapons if it was attacked.

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