Foreign Minister Taro Kono agreed Monday with counterparts from the U.K. and the Netherlands on the need to maintain pressure on North Korea to attain the goal of ridding the country of nuclear and other weapons, officials said.
Kono reached the agreement in separate meetings with Boris Johnson of the U.K. and Stef Blok of the Netherlands on the fringes of a Group of 20 foreign ministers' gathering.
According to the officials, Kono and Johnson shared the view that Japan and the U.K. should step up cooperation in realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific region.