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In Japan, Trump to put human face on North Korea menace

promises to elevate these as “Little Rocket Man” and that will include direct talks
heart-wrenching tales of threatening to rain “fire with Trump’s Chinese and
loss to the international and fury” on his country if Russian counterparts.
stage as he hopes to pres- the belligerence continues. In Washington, a new anal-
sure North Korea to end its But Trump also has begun ysis emerged from the Pen-
provocative behavior to- highlighting the plight of tagon saying that a ground
ward American allies in the the North Koreans. invasion of North Korea is
region. “I think they’re great peo- the only way to locate and
North Korea has acknowl- ple. destroy, with complete
edged apprehending 13 They’re industrious. They’re certainty, all components
Japanese in the 1970s and warm, much warmer than of Kim’s nuclear weapons
1980s, but claims all those the world really knows or program.
captives have died or understands,” Trump told “It is the most bleak assess-
been released. reporters on Air Force One ment,” said U.S. Sen. Di-
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Japanese Prime But in Japan, where griev- while flying to Japan on anne Feinstein, a member
Minister Shinzo Abe, speaks to members of the media before ing relatives of the abduct- Sunday. of the Senate Intelligence
having a dinner at Ginza Ukai Tei restaurant, Sunday, Nov. 5, ed have become a symbol “And I hope it all works out Committee.
2017, in Tokyo. Trump is on a five-country trip through Asia trav- of heartbreak on the scale for everybody.” Two members of the U.S.
eling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. of American POW fami- Also on the agenda dur- Congress, in a letter to
(Kim Kyung-Hoon/via AP)
lies, the government insists ing Trump’s second day the Pentagon, had asked
By JONATHAN LEMIRE trying to put a human face nearly 50 people were tak- in Asia: an audience with about casualty assess-
JILL COLVIN on North Korea’s menace, en — and believes some Emperor Akihito, a sit-down ments in a possible conflict
Associated Press hearing from anguished may be alive. with Prime Minister Shinzo with North Korea.
TOKYO (AP) — After easing families of Japanese citi- Trump has delivered harsh Abe and a state dinner. A rear admiral on the Joint
into his Asian debut with zens snatched by Pyong- denunciations of the rene- North Korea is the critical Staff responded on behalf
golf and a taste of home, yang’s agents. gade North Korean leader issue looming over Trump’s of the Defense Depart-
President Donald Trump is Trump’s meeting Monday Kim Jong Un, belittling him 12-day, five-country trip ment, and said the amount
of casualties would dif-
fer depending on the ad-
vance warning and the
ability of U.S. and South Ko-
rea forces to counter North
Korean attacks.
Feinstein said she was
pleased that America’s
top diplomat, Rex Tillerson,
was on the Asia trip.
“I think if he will stay the
course and use diplomacy
the way diplomacy can be
used, that it might be possi-
ble to work something out.
The worst alternative is a
war, which could become
nuclear,” she said.
Abe welcomed Trump on
Sunday with an effusive
display of friendship that
will now give way to high-
stakes diplomacy.
The two leaders, who have
struck up an unlikely but
easy rapport, shared a ca-
sual lunch and played nine
holes at the Kasumigaseki
Country Club, joined by
professional golfer Hideki
Matsuyama.
Abe was one of the first
world leaders to court Pres-
ident-elect Trump.
The prime minister was
the first to call after the
2016 election, and rushed
to New York days later to
meet Trump and present
him with a pricey, gold
Honma golf driver.
The two men also met on
the sidelines of an interna-
tional summit in Italy this
spring and Trump hosted
Abe in Florida. q