Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono is planning to visit the United States later in the month to discuss how to address the issue of North Korea after the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics end, a Japanese government official said Saturday.The minister is considering traveling to Washington for three days from March 16 to meet U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.During talks with Tillerson, Kono will reaffirm the importance of maintaining maximum pressure on Pyongyang to compel it to give up its nuclear weapons.The two are also expected to affirm the resumptio…READ FULL ARTICLE
