Japanese, Brazilian foreign ministers

Japanese, Brazilian foreign ministers

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L), during his visit to Brazil to attend the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, holds talks with his Brazilian counterpart Antonio Patriota in Rio de Janeiro on June 21, 2012.

Foreign ministers of Japan, Brazil meet

Foreign ministers of Japan, Brazil meet

BRASILIA, Brazil - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) shakes hands with Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota at the foreign ministry building in Brasilia on June 30, 2011. The foreign ministers agreed in their talks to ease visa conditions to boost bilateral business exchanges.

Japanese, Brazilian foreign ministers' meeting

Japanese, Brazilian foreign ministers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) and Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota shake hands at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on April 16, 2011, ahead of their meeting. Patriota said after the meeting that Brazil would study easing its current restrictions on food imports from Japan in accordance with future improvements in the situation at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Foreign ministers of Japan, Brazil meet

Foreign ministers of Japan, Brazil meet

BRASILIA, Brazil - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) shakes hands with Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota at the foreign ministry building in Brasilia on June 30, 2011. The foreign ministers agreed in their talks to ease visa conditions to boost bilateral business exchanges. (Kyodo)

Japanese, Brazilian foreign ministers' meeting

Japanese, Brazilian foreign ministers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) and Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota shake hands at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on April 16, 2011, ahead of their meeting. Patriota said after the meeting that Brazil would study easing its current restrictions on food imports from Japan in accordance with future improvements in the situation at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)