Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) James Mattis will host Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera for a Security Consultative Committee (“2+2”) meeting on August 17, 2017. The meeting will focus on how the United States and #Japan can coordinate their response to the evolving regional security environment, and strengthen their bilateral security and defense cooperation. More details: https://go.usa.gov/xRvrg