Japan, U.S. share policy on N. Korea before Pompeo visits Pyongyang

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed Saturday to urge North Korea to take concrete steps toward denuclearization as they coordinated policies ahead of Pompeo's visit to Pyongyang.Pompeo, who is expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday, promised Abe too that he will raise the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by the North in the 1970s and 1980s.Abe and Pompeo also reaffirmed that U.N. sanctions should be implemented until North Korea denuclearizes, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said."We would like to coordinate our policies toward Nort…READ FULL ARTICLE