Top military officers from S. Korea, U.S., and Japan to have three-way meeting on Friday

South Korea's top military officer sat down separately with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts on this Thursday ahead of the Trilateral Chiefs of Defense meeting tomorrow that is Friday.

This regular exchange is the first under the Lee Jae Myung administration and is also the first in 15 years that sees the Japanese Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff visiting Seoul.

Sources believe the trilateral talks will focus on the three-way security cooperation including the prospects of holding a multi-domain Freedom Edge exercise in September.

If held the exercise will mark the third such defense training since the first in June last year.