China has proposed three-way vice-foreign ministerial-level talks with Japan and South Korea, diplomatic sources say, a move Tokyo views as underscoring Beijing's enthusiasm for a three-nation summit this year, the first in four years.
Foreign ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are expected to agree on July 13 to work together toward the success of a special summit commemorating their 50 years of friendship later this year in Tokyo, according to a Japanese government official.
Foreign ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are expected to agree on July 13 to work together toward the success of a special summit commemorating their 50 years of friendship later this year in Tokyo, according to a Japanese government official.
Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers on July 13 reaffirmed close cooperation in dealing with the North Korean military threat, condemning its firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile the day before, the government said.
Foreign ministers from ASEAN countries plus Japan, China and South Korea began a meeting in Jakarta on July 13, amid strong opposition from Beijing about Tokyo's plan to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.