Japan, U.S., S. Korea to hold foreign ministerial talks on Friday

Japan, the United States and South Korea plan to hold a foreign ministerial meeting Friday in Bangkok, with Washington likely to play a mediating role in an effort to defuse tensions between the two key U.S. allies, sources familiar with Tokyo-Seoul ties said Wednesday.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may urge Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung Wha to exercise self-restraint in taking actions that would further deteriorate ties between the Asian countries, which have fallen to their lowest point in decades over wartime history and trade polic…READ FULL ARTICLE