Foreign Minister Hayashi met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is visiting Japan with US President Joe Biden, for about 40 minutes on the evening of the 23rd.
In this, the two foreign ministers agreed at the summit meeting on the 23rd that Prime Minister Kishida and President Biden would ensure that the "extended deterrence" to protect Japan with the nuclear forces of the United States would continue to be unwavering. Based on this, we confirmed that we will continue to communicate more closely with the Foreign Ministers.
In addition, we have agreed to accelerate concrete discussions among the relevant ministers toward the so-called "2 plus 2" of the economic version, which was agreed to be held in July next year by the foreign and economic ministers.
After the meeting, Minister Hayashi told reporters, "We welcomed Mr. Blinken to Tokyo for the first time, and based on the discussions of today's Japan-US summit meeting, we will strengthen the deterrence and coping power of the regional situation and the Japan-US alliance, and the economic day. We exchanged frank opinions on the deepening of US cooperation. "