Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug 31, 2020. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is preparing to meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Tokyo early next month, when foreign ministers of the two countries as well as Australia and India are scheduled to hold a meeting, public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday.

It would be Suga’s first high-level meeting with foreign officials since he took office this week, according to NHK, which didn’t say where it got the information.

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