Japan PM leaves on tour of European, North American allies

TOKYO, 10 January 2023, (TON): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday left on a tour of Europe and North America with security-focused talks on the agenda after his nation’s biggest defence policy overhaul in decades.

Japan holds the 2023 presidency of the G7, and Kishida will visit bloc members France, Italy, Britain and Canada starting.

Kishida’s final stop is the United States his first visit to Washington as prime minister where he will meet President Joe Biden on Friday.

Kishida told reporters “the talks with Biden would reaffirm US-Japan cooperation and the realisation of a free and open Indo-Pacific.”

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