Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi said he is coordinating the holding of a South Korea–U.S.–Japan foreign ministers' meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Iwaya Takeshi, Japanese Foreign Minister /Courtesy of AFP=Yonhap

According to Kyodo News on the 12th (local time), Iwaya, appearing on NHK that morning, said that talk of a South Korea–U.S.–Japan foreign ministers' meeting is emerging.

If the three-way foreign ministers' meeting comes together, Minister Cho Hyun of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Foreign Minister Iwaya will attend.

Foreign Minister Iwaya will depart for the United States on the 22nd to attend the U.N. General Assembly, and Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is also expected to visit New York from the 23rd to the 25th.

Foreign Minister Iwaya is expected to be replaced when a new Cabinet is formed following Prime Minister Ishiba's resignation.

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