Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and US Vice President Mike Pence shake hands prior to a luncheon hosted by Abe at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2017. North Korea has threatened to launch missile tests "every week", keeping up its drumbeat as Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Japan with a renewed security commitment designed to soothe nerves over Pyongyang's atomic weapons programme. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Eugene Hoshiko (Photo credit should read EUGENE HOSHIKO/AFP/Getty Images)
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