Overview

• Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Japanese Vice Minister Takehiro Funakoshi will convene in Tokyo on July 18.
• The talks will focus on countering North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats through strengthened defense cooperation.
• Officials will explore economic security, technology collaboration and energy coordination to bolster regional supply chains.
• Landau will hold separate bilateral meetings that underscore US commitment to maintaining a free, open and secure Indo-Pacific.
• The meeting marks the first trilateral vice-ministerial session since President Lee Jae Myung and President Trump’s new administrations took office.