Plans for a Washington meeting this week between Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been dropped.
Japan's government said the talks had been cancelled because of an inability to co-ordinate schedules.
The meeting had been planned to take place before US President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week.
Ties between the countries have been strained by a
row over a US military base on Japan's Okinawa island.
"The visit this time was cancelled as the Japanese side could not co-ordinate the timing amid various scheduling demands such as parliamentary sessions," Hirofumi Hirano, the chief cabinet secretary, told reporters.
"I don't think it will affect relations between Japan and the United States," the top government spokesman said. - BBC
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