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While Koizumi did not comment on his views on monetary policy, his call for another stimulus package echoed that made by another contender of the LDP race, Toshimitsu Motegi.

But Ishiba may be overtaken in the succession race by others closer within the party establishment, such as Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Defense Minister Taro Kono or economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura.

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said the four ministers would discuss ways to promote "a free and open Indo-Pacific".

Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and British trade minister Liz Truss agreed last month on a swift deal on an economic partnership to secure business continuity.

U.K. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi take part in a signing ceremony for an economic partnership between Japan and the U.K. in Tokyo on Friday.

The seizure of the boats came in the middle of a trip by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi to Moscow for treaty negotiations with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

TOKYO: Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday he did not think U.S.-Japan trade talks would result in an outcome that would cause concern for Japanese automakers.

Britain's Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox, bottom left, and Japanese Minister of Economic Revitalization Toshimitsu Motegi, right, attend a meeting in Tokyo Tuesday, July 31, 2018.

Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, citing the ongoing Diet session, told a press conference that the Japanese government has informed the United States of when it can participate in the initial round of talks.