TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. plan to hold joint foreign and defense minister meetings in January online, in response to the rapid spread of the omicron coronavirus variant in the U.S.
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From left, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, then-Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi after a "two-plus-two" meeting in Tokyo in March. © Pool photo/Reuters
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