Foreign Minister Yohei Kono and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright clashed Monday over Japan's expanded whaling program, with both warning of retaliatory measures.
The dispute surfaced during a 55-minute meeting that also had Kono and Albright exchanging views over nuclear disarmament, reform of the United Nations and Myanmar.
Both were here for the U.N. Millennium General Assembly session.
Albright conveyed "strong disappointment" over Japan's decision to expand its whaling program to include other endangered species, such as sperm and Bryde's whales, and warned that Washington is looking at possible measures under U.S. law, a State Department official said.