Foreign Minister Kono shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi before the Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting

Foreign Minister Kono (left) shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) before the Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting. In the center is South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha. Kono met with his South Korean counterpart Kang on the outskirts of Beijing on April 21. Discussions on the issue of former South Korean consignees and other issues ended in a parallel line. According to Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they shared the understanding that the consignee issue is the "biggest problem" and agreed to communicate among diplomatic authorities to resolve the issue. On the outskirts of Beijing.Photo taken on August 21, 2019. The morning edition of the same month, August 22 [scanner], "Japan-Korea 'Dialogue' Revived, Foreign Ministers Meet, No Concrete Measures on Drafting" was published.