• (From left) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi hold talks in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
    (From left) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi hold talks in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
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Pyeongtaek, South Korea – This year has already proven a busy one for the Fumio Kishida administration on security diplomacy.

The Japanese government has held senior-level meetings with Australia, France and the United States, and most recently, had talks with South Korea this week. On top of it all, the administration is working with other partners on North Korea’s recent missile launches and the crisis in Ukraine.

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