TOKYO, Sept. 26 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release:

On September 26 at 9:06 a.m. local time (10:06 p.m. JST), for approximately 25 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan during his visit to New York to attend the United Nation General Assembly, held a foreign ministers' meeting with H.E. Dr. Arnoldo ANDRE Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Republic of Costa Rica. The overview of the meeting is as follows.

Minister Iwaya expressed his pleasure at meeting again, following their previous meeting in April, which coincided with the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. He stated that Costa Rica is an importan...