Japan, US planning Secretary of State Rubio visit in July, Kyodo reports


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  • Friday, 27 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaves following a closed briefing on the situation in Iran for members of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File photo

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan and the United States are arranging for U.S. Secretary of State Rubio to visit Japan for the first time in early July, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday, citing a Japanese government official.

Rubio is also planning to visit South Korea alongside attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers' meetings in Malaysia in July, Kyodo quoted the government official as saying.

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