Trump's Japan trip to showcase warm ties with Abe

'Shinzo-Donald' duo will seek leverage on North Korea with recalcitrant China, Russia

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Trump photo by AP)

TOKYO -- Japan plans to play up the cozy relationship between Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when the U.S. president visits next month, hoping to use the unity between "Shinzo and Donald" to spur China and Russia to action on Pyongyang.

With the regional security situation -- including North Korea -- growing even worse, this will be a golden opportunity to show the strength of the Japan-U.S. alliance to the world, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters Tuesday.

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