Vice President Mike Pence spent part of his trip to Asia speaking to troops at Yokota Air Base in Western Tokyo on Thursday.
The vice president’s trip, which included a stop in Alaska on Monday to tour missile-defense facilities, comes amid concerns that Pyongyang will use the games for propaganda purposes. In a Tuesday tweet, Pence said he wants to “ensure N Korea doesn’t use the Olympics to paper over the truth about their regime which oppresses its own people & threatens other nations."
Pence is scheduled to lead the U.S. delegation during Friday’s opening ceremonies of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.