Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday he will depart later in the day for a six-day trip to five Middle Eastern nations to seek their cooperation in tackling North Korea, which conducted its most powerful nuclear test yet last weekend.Kono is scheduled to visit Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt in his first trip to the region since he became foreign minister last month."In the Middle East, there are countries that have close relations with North Korea and have accepted workers from the North," helping Pyongyang obtain funds for its nuclear and ballistic missile develop…READ FULL ARTICLE
