Senior officials of Japan and the United States will discuss this week new Washington-led sanctions against Iran over its suspected nuclear threat, Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba said Tuesday.
Genba told reporters that the officials will hold the meeting Thursday mainly to exchange views on a new U.S. law that allows a ban on foreign financial institutions from operating in the United States if they are found to have done business with Iran's central bank.
The meeting in the United States is part of the process for Japan to decide how to reduce its Iranian oil imports.