00:00The statement was made by the new Secretary of State for his assistance to Japanese Foreign Minister Iyawa Takeshi in Washington, D.C.
00:10for the assistance given by Takeshi that the cooperation of other nations is important in this discussion,
00:17especially the Japan-U.S. Republic of Korea, Japan-Australia-India-U.S., and Japan-U.S.-Philippines.
00:25The two officials also discussed the issues of the Indo-Pacific and the whole world,
00:30including the issues of China's destabilization or Japan's diminishing importance of America's presence in Asia.
