Abe, U.S. Army chief affirm cooperation on North Korea

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the U.S. Army's chief of staff confirmed Monday that Japan and the United States will work more closely with each other and with South Korea in dealing with North Korea.Abe and U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley agreed in Tokyo on the importance of maximizing pressure on North Korea to bring about its complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.At the outset of the meeting, Abe said that based on his discussions on North Korea with U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, "Japan and t…READ FULL ARTICLE