Jaishankar shared on X earlier Thursday, "Productive meeting with my friend, US Secretary of State Blinken, at the State Department today. We delved into various topics, building on PM Narendra Modi's June visit."
At the G20 summit in India, Kishida plans to show Japan's stance of proactively contributing to various global issues, based on the results of the G7 summit in Hiroshima in May.
The final declaration of the Summit said: "As a symbol of humanity's resilience and global unity in overcoming COVID-19, we commend Japan's determination to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 next year.