During his visit, Vice President Pence also held talks with Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and launched the "U.S. -Japan Economic Dialogue" which will purportedly act as means to deepen bilateral economic cooperation through an ongoing forum.
"Our businesses continue to face too many barriers of entry which tilted the playing field against the American workers and American growth", Pence said. Vice President Mike Pence said on an Asian tour this week that the era of "strategic patience" with North Korea is over. But the vice president said he was encouraged and believed North Korea was listening to the Trump administration's concerns.
"For my part, in some odd way, it's encouraging that they're getting the message", Pence said.
"We seek peace always as a country, as does Japan, but as you know and the United States knows, peace comes through strength and we will stand strongly with Japan and strongly with our allies for a peace and security in this region", Pence added.
He also said, "We are with you 100 percent", adding that the USA always seeks peace.
"It seems the U.S.is not easily going to change its position", he said.
Another official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an intelligence matter, said the missile was a Scud variant that the US calls a KN-17.
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence praised Indonesia's democracy and moderate form of Islam on Thursday alongside the president of the world's most populous Muslim nation, reinforcing his message with a visit to the region's largest mosque.
Former President Barack Obama's administration championed the TPP, saying it would set a "gold standard" for modern trade rules, with stringent requirements for intellectual property, labor and environmental protections. As the brown bomber jacket-clad vice president was briefed near the military demarcation line, two North Korean soldiers watched from a short distance away, one taking multiple photographs of the American visitor.
Vice President Pence, visiting Japan on his 10-day tour of Asia, said the US has launched bilateral talks with Tokyo in the hopes of reaching a new trade agreement.
Pence told reporters Monday that Trump was hopeful China would use its "extraordinary levers" to pressure the North to abandon its weapons program.
A Japanese official acknowledged after the meeting that there is a difference in how Japan and the United States approach trade and investment issues. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said tensions need to be eased on the Korean Peninsula to bring the escalating dispute to a peaceful resolution. The trip so far has been dominated by US and allies' concerns about North Korea's nuclear and missile development efforts.
Trump assailed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal during his 2016 campaign and announced shortly after his inauguration that the USA would withdraw from the Pacific Rim-based TPP, which now includes 11 countries from Chile to New Zealand.
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