U.S. President Donald Trump will affirm a robust alliance with Japan, vow to apply "maximum pressure" on North Korea and underscore the importance of promoting "a free and open Indo-Pacific region," when he meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next month in Tokyo, a senior White House official said Monday.During a three-day visit to Japan starting Nov. 5, Trump will focus on ways for the two allies to "work together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region," the official said, apparently taking aim at China's assertive territorial claims in the East and South China seas, as well as Be…READ FULL ARTICLE
