Senior U.S. diplomat discusses N. Korea with Japanese officials

The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia met with Japanese officials on Friday to discuss North Korea and other major regional affairs.David Stilwell, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, is on his first overseas trip since assuming his current post on June 20.He met separately with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba, Kazuhiro Suzuki who heads the Foreign Ministry's North American Affairs Bureau, and Kenji Kanasugi, head of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.They agreed in the talks to step up cooperation for a free and open Indo-Pacific region, as…READ FULL ARTICLE