Senior officials from Japan and South Korea will hold a meeting Wednesday in Tokyo on issues related to North Korea, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
The two sides will "exchange views on recent developments surrounding North Korea," Kishida told reporters.
Japan is expected to brief South Korea about negotiations between Tokyo and Pyongyang over the latter's reinvestigations of missing Japanese including those abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.
Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Foreign Ministry, and Hwang Joon Kook, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, are expected to reaffirm trilateral coordination with the United States in reining in North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons development programs.
Hwang left Seoul for Tokyo on Tuesday for a three-day visit, making it his first trip to Japan since becoming South Korea's chief nuclear envoy in April, according to Yonhap News Agency.
Japan, S. Korea to hold talks Wed. on N. Korea | GlobalPost
