President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to work together on steps to counter North Korea’s nuclear and missile development, ahead of the US leader’s visit to Asia, the Japanese government said late on Monday. In a separate event on the same day, Abe met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and pledged to help the latter in fighting terrorism and assistance in building the country’s crumbling infrastructure, as he met with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday during a visit to Tokyo.