Japan-United States of America Relations
Exchange of Views between Japan and U.S. Foreign Ministers
February 15, 2025
On February 15th, commencing at 4:00 p.m. (local time. 0:00 a.m., February 16th, Japan time.) , Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is visiting Munich, Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference, held an exchange of views with the Honorable Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States of America. The overview is as follows.
- The two Ministers followed up on the recent Japan-U.S. summit meeting.
- Foreign Minister Iwaya stated that he would like to convene a Security Consultative Committee (SCC: “2+2”) meeting at an early date. Furthermore, the two Ministers confirmed that they will communicate closely to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. economic relations. In this context, Minister Iwaya lodged a claim regarding the tariff measures by the U.S. government.