William Hagerty (L), the new U.S. Ambassador to Japan, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States wants to work with Japan to "calm the rhetoric" over North Korea, the new U.S. ambassador to Japan said on Friday.
"I think the prime minister and President (Donald) Trump see the situation identically," William Hagerty told reporters after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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