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Japan-U.S.-S. Korea talks in Tokyo

Japan-U.S.-S. Korea talks in Tokyo

(from L) U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon Joo shake hands before their talks in Tokyo on July 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S.-S. Korea talks in Tokyo

Japan-U.S.-S. Korea talks in Tokyo

(from L) U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon Joo shake hands before their talks in Tokyo on July 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold talks

Japan, China, S. Korea hold talks

(From L) Japanese Senior Deputy Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Byung Won and Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong pose for photos prior to a high-level meeting in Seoul on Sept. 26, 2023.

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold talks

Japan, China, S. Korea hold talks

(From L) Japanese Senior Deputy Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Byung Won and Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong pose for photos prior to a high-level meeting in Seoul on Sept. 26, 2023.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea envoys

Japan, U.S., S. Korea envoys

(From L) Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Kim Gunn, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, pose for photos in Seoul on April 7, 2023.

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Japan-U.S.-S. Korea trilateral talks

Japan-U.S.-S. Korea trilateral talks

(From R) Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Kim Gunn, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs pose for photos as they meet in Jakarta for trilateral talks on Dec. 13, 2022.

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea

Trilateral talks on N. Korea

(From L) U.S. special representative for North Korea Sung Kim, Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Kim Gunn, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, pose for photos as they meet in Tokyo for trilateral talks on Sept. 7, 2022. (Pool photo)

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N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into waters off east coast

N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into waters off east coast

Takehiro Funakoshi (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, are pictured at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2021. They held talks there in response to North Korea's firing of two ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into waters off east coast

N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into waters off east coast

Takehiro Funakoshi (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, are pictured at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2021. They held talks there in response to North Korea's firing of two ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast earlier in the day.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

(From L) Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Noh Kyu Duk, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, meet in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2021, wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2021, with Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, and Noh Kyu Duk, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

Noh Kyu Duk, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2021, with Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, and Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2021, with Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Noh Kyu Duk, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs.

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