Tillerson to visit China, Japan, S. Korea this month

By Anna Giaritelli

Published March 4, 2017 4:36am ET

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Tillerson to visit China, Japan, S. Korea this month — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture motions Tuesday evening on the nomination for President Trump's State secretary nominee Rex Tillerson. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) | Steve Helber

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Japan, China and South Korea later this month as part of his first trip to the region, according to Japanese media reports late Friday Washington time.

Kyodo, a Japanese news outlet, said Tillerson will visit that country on March 17-18, though U.S. government officials told Reuters on Friday there was no new travel to announce.

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