TOKYO, July 1 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release:
On July 1st, commencing at noon, local time, (1 a.m. on July 2nd, Japan Standard Time) for approximately 45 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is visiting Washington D.C., the United States, to attend the Japan-Australia-India-U.S.(QUAD) Foreign Ministers' Meeting, held a Foreign Ministers' Meeting with the Honorable Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States of America. The overview of the meeting is as follows.
At the outset, Minister Iwaya stated that it is important that Japan and the United States closely communicate with each other in the face of rapidly changing international circumstances. The two ...