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Japan, U.S., S. Korea security advisors meet in Seoul

Japan's national security advisor Takeo Akiba (C) speaks at a joint press conference with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts -- Jake Sullivan (L) and Cho Tae Yong -- as they hold talks in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2023.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea security advisors meet in Seoul

National security advisors from the United States, South Korea and Japan -- (from L) Jake Sullivan, Cho Tae Yong and Takeo Akiba -- pose for a photo as they hold a joint press conference in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2023.

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Groundwork for Kishida-Xi summit

Japan's top national security adviser Takeo Akiba (3rd from L) arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2023, for talks with China's top diplomat Wang Yi to lay the groundwork for a summit meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the United States in mid-November.

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Groundwork for Kishida-Xi summit

Japan's top national security adviser Takeo Akiba leaves a hotel in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2023, for talks with China's top diplomat Wang Yi to lay the groundwork for a summit meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the United States in mid-November.

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Key figures of Japan-China relations

Combined file photo shows Japanese national security adviser Takeo Akiba (L) and top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi. During their meeting in Tianjin, China, on Aug. 17, 2022, the two agreed to continue dialogue toward building constructive and stable bilateral ties amid heightened tensions over Taiwan.

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CHINA-TIANJIN-YANG JIECHI-JAPAN-HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL DIALOGUE (CN)

(220818) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, co-chairs the ninth China-Japan high-level political dialogue with Takeo Akiba, secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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Sugiyama appointed as Japan's vice foreign minister

Photo taken in June 2016 shows (from L) Shinsuke Sugiyama, Japan's deputy foreign minister in charge of political affairs, Takeo Akiba, director general of the ministry's Foreign Policy Bureau, and Keiichi Katakami, ambassador to the European Union. The Japanese government appointed them on June 14 as vice foreign minister, deputy foreign minister and deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, respectively. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China to mull Abe-Xi talks at high-level meeting this week

Undated combined photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Kong Xuanyou, China's assistant foreign minister and considered a major candidate to be the next ambassador to Japan, is scheduled to visit Japan for three days from April 3, 2017, and meet Takeo Akiba, Japan's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, with an eye to realizing talks between Abe and Xi in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan names Mori as vice foreign minister

Combined file photo shows Takeo Akiba (L) and Takeo Mori. The Japanese government decided on June 22, 2021 that senior Foreign Ministry official Mori will succeed Akiba as vice foreign minister.

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Biegun in Tokyo

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun (L) and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba meet in Tokyo on July 10, 2020. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. talks on Hong Kong, N. Korea

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegan (L) and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba are pictured ahead of their talks in Tokyo on July 9, 2020. Biegan arrived in Japan earlier in the day to discuss China's crackdown on Hong Kong and the stalled efforts to denuclearize North Korea. (Pool photo)

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South Korean Ambassador Lee

South Korean Ambassador Lee Su Hoon speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2019, following a meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba. Tokyo asked Seoul to begin talks after a South Korean district court approved a request to seize a Japanese steelmaker's assets in the country in connection with the issue of wartime labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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South Korean Ambassador Lee

South Korean Ambassador Lee Su Hoon speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2019, following a meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba. Tokyo asked Seoul to begin talks after a South Korean district court approved a request to seize a Japanese steelmaker's assets in the country in connection with the issue of wartime labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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South Korean Ambassador Lee

South Korean Ambassador Lee Su Hoon leaves the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2019, following a meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba. Tokyo asked Seoul to begin talks after a South Korean district court approved a request to seize a Japanese steelmaker's assets in the country in connection with the issue of wartime labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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South Korean Ambassador Lee

South Korean Ambassador Lee Su Hoon arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2019, for a meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba. Tokyo asked Seoul to begin talks after a South Korean district court approved a request to seize a Japanese steelmaker's assets in the country in connection with the issue of wartime labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior Japan, China diplomats meet, eye Abe-Xi meeting

Kong Xuanyou (L), China's assistant foreign minister, and Takeo Akiba, Japan's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, shake hands in Tokyo on April 4, 2017. They held talks with an eye to realizing a Japan-China summit meeting in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China hold 1st security dialogue in nearly 2 years

Kong Xuanyou (L), China's assistant foreign minister, shakes hands with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba before attending a security dialogue of the two countries in Beijing on Nov. 28, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China, S. Korea fail to fix foreign ministers' talks in Tokyo

Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2016, after the end of a working-level meeting with his counterparts from South Korea and China. They failed to fix a meeting of foreign ministers from the three countries envisioned for later this week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo