Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Sunday he planned to attend Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president on Jan. 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government hopes to maintain close ties with its security ally.

YONHAP] Acting President Choi Sang-mok and visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya reaffirmed their countries' bilateral cooperation, as well as their three-way cooperation involving the United States,

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will travel to South Korea on Monday to shore up security cooperation between the East Asian neighbours and their mutual U.S. ally that is meant to counter China's growing regional power.