Japan and the United States are preparing to hold their first meeting at the sub-Cabinet level on a wide range of topics, including security and economic issues, in Washington in May, Japanese government sources said Saturday.
The sources said Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and other officials will attend the meeting, which will address international terrorism, China, the Korean Peninsula, regional and international issues, as well as economic issues.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush agreed to hold the dialogue during their meeting at Camp David, Maryland, in June last year.