U.S. Envoy For NK Shakes Hands With His Japanese Counterpart In Tokyo

U.S. envoy for North Korea Glyn Davies, left, poses with his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama prior to their talks at Sugiyama’s office in Tokyo on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Davies was in Tokyo on a four-day visit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened top security and foreign affairs officials and ordered them to take “substantial and high-profile important state measures,” state media said Sunday, fueling speculation that he plans to push forward with a threat to explode a nuclear device in defiance of the United Nations. <AP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno, Pool>

U.S. envoy for North Korea Glyn Davies, who arrived in Tokyo Saturday for a four-day visit, speaks to reporters after meeting with his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama at Japan’s Foreign Ministry Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. <AP Photo/Koji Sasahara>