US. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to visit Japan, South Korea and China this month to discuss North Korea on his first trip to the region since he took up his post, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
Tillerson's trip would comes amid heightened tension over North Korea following the killing in Malaysia of the half-brother of its leader.
Japan's Kyodo news agency, citing diplomatic sources, said Tillerson was expected in Japan on March 17-18 and would meet Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. Tillerson and Kishida are scheduled to discuss the timing of a visit to Japan by Trump, Kyodo quoted the sources as saying. 
In China, Tillerson would meet Foreign Ministry Wang Yi and possibly President Xi Jinping, Kyodo reported, adding that the two sides were expected to arrange a meeting in the United States between Xi and Trump for as early as April.

Source: QNA