US-Japan Foreign and Defense Ministers Meeting to be Held in Tokyo on the 16th
[Asia Economy Reporter Yujin Cho] The first US-Japan foreign and defense ministers' meeting since the inauguration of the Joe Biden administration will be held on the 16th in Tokyo.
On the 10th, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a press release that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will visit Japan from the 15th to the 17th.
Secretary Blinken will hold a US-Japan foreign ministers' meeting with Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu on the 16th.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented, "The fact that the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense are visiting Japan as their first foreign trip early after the Biden administration's inauguration shows that the United States values the US-Japan alliance."
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After their visit to Japan, Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin will visit South Korea from the 17th to the 18th to meet with Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Defense Minister Suh Wook for the US-South Korea foreign and defense ministers' meeting.
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