Japan to urge U.S. to maintain pressure on N. Korea

Japan will ask the United States to maintain pressure on North Korea to compel it to abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs and resolve the abduction issue, government officials said Saturday as the U.S.-North Korea summit is set for June 12.U.S. President Donald Trump, who reinstated his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, said Friday that he does not want to use the term "maximum pressure" anymore, raising concern in Japan about a change in the U.S. stance on Pyongyang.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday that Japan will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Nor…READ FULL ARTICLE