Press Releases
Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
October 28, 2025
On October 28, commencing at 1:00 p.m. for approximately 40 minutes, Mr. MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a Foreign Ministers’ Meeting with the Honorable Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States of America, who is visiting Japan. The overview of the meeting is as follows: This was the first Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting since Mr. MOTEGI was appointed to Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
- At the outset, Minister MOTEGI welcomed Secretary of State Rubio to Japan, and stated that he would like to work closely with Secretary Rubio in order to demonstrate to the world the strength of the Japan U.S. Alliance, the greatest alliance in the world. Moreover, Minister MOTEGI expressed his appreciation to Secretary Rubio for the meeting with the family members of the abductees. Secretary Rubio expressed his intention to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. Alliance including the area of security and economy.
- The two Ministers concurred that they would advance concrete security cooperation to further strengthen Japan-U.S. Alliance deterrence and response capabilities.
- The two Ministers also exchanged views on economic issues. Minister MOTEGI emphasized the importance of further advancing initiatives in the field of economic security in addition to implementing the Agreement between Japan and the U.S.
- Minister MOTEGI expressed his firm support for U.S. diplomatic efforts around the world, such as in the Middle East, Ukraine, Cambodia and Thailand. The two Ministers concurred to cooperate on issues related to China and their policies toward North Korea, including the nuclear and missile issues as well as the abductions issue.
- The two Ministers confirmed that they would further develop networks of like-minded countries, including Japan-U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK), Japan-U.S. Philippines, and Japan-Australia-India-U.S.(Quad) to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific.