Japan foreign minister eyes non-nuclear state talks in New York

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is planning to visit the United States from late July and hold a meeting with his counterparts from a coalition of non-nuclear weapons states in New York, sources familiar with the plan said Monday.The ministerial gathering of the 12-member Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative is envisaged as Japan hopes to build the momentum for a successful conclusion of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference to be held in August.At their last meeting in the Japanese city of Nagoya in 2019, the coalition members, including Japan, Australia and Ger…READ FULL ARTICLE