POPPY HARLOW, CNN ANCHOR: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addressing U.S. concerns about North Korea right now on his trip to Asia. He is meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Our Will Ripley is live in Tokyo with more.</s>WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Poppy. We are certainly getting a sense of Secretary Tillerson's style. He likes things quick and concise. They had a working dinner, bilateral meetings with the Japanese prime minister and foreign minister. They got it all done in the building behind me, then the lights went off. And Secretary Tillerson moved on. During the press conference, he talked about North Korea, saying that there needs to be a new approach -- that America needs a new approach after giving more than a billion dollars in food and energy aid over the last 20 years, only to see North Korea's nuclear arsenal and missile program develop. He said the diplomacy policy of the past three administrations has been a failure. But yet, he didn't give any specifics about what the United States plans to do now. There is a reporting out of the State Department that perhaps the U.S. could sanction Chinese companies that do business in North Korea. There is also talk of an Iran style approach, expanding to a global approach towards North Korea, which would, of course, contradict everything that candidate Trump said on the company trail when he blasted the Iran deal. He was asked about the massive State Department budget cuts. He said put on his CEO hat, Chris, saying that the State Department will just have to do more with fewer dollars and work more efficiently.</s>CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: So, the secretary of state not traveling with the ordinary press retinue, but Will Ripley on the scene, nonetheless. Thank you very much. So, President Trump got no satisfaction on his wiretapping claims from the people who would know, but he says it's not over. Another mysterious promise from the president two weeks -- wait until we see two weeks, next.
Secy. of State Tillerson Meets with Japanese PM