Sharing a post on X, Jaishankar said, "Good to meet FM @Kamikawa_Yoko once again. Thank her for the Quad FMM arrangements. Took stock of our bilateral agenda and spoke about ways to continue strengthening our political, trade and people-to-people connect."
The four countries said they intend to launch a "Quad maritime legal dialogue" under the Quad Maritime Security Working Group to "focus expertise on international law of the sea issues in support of our efforts to uphold the rules-based maritime order in the Indo-Pacific."
A US-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting also referred to as the "2+2" in Tokyo today was attended by the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Japan Minister of Defence Kihara Minoru apart from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa.
Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko and Phillippines Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. signed the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) treaty documents in the presence of President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr.
Indian Navy's indigenous stealth frigate, INS Shivalik, arrived at Yokosuka, Japan, on Tuesday to participate in the eighth edition of the Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2024 (JIMEX 24).
Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko during her stopover visit to Nepal on Sunday held bilateral talks with her Nepali counterpart and called on the Prime Minister and President
The sumo association announced on Thursday that American-born sumo wrestler Akebono, who rose to become the first non-Japanese grand champion, or "Yokozuna," had passed away in Tokyo this month from heart failure.