Japan, US, S. Korea top uniformed officers to meet in Seoul
Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japanese ministry's Joint Staff, will join his U.S. and South Korean counterparts, Gen. Dan Caine and Adm. Kim Myung Soo, for the talks to discuss the regional security situation, the ministry said.
The three countries may also release a joint statement, according to the ministry.
Yoshida's three-day trip to South Korea, starting next Wednesday, will be the first visit by a Japanese Joint Staff chief since 2010, according to the ministry.
It will also be the first trilateral talks by the highest-ranking uniformed officers since South Korean President Lee Jae Myung took office in June.
Similar three-way defense talks were held in Tokyo in July last year, during which the three countries agreed to "advance peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, in the Indo-Pacific, and beyond."
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