China News Service, September 23. According to Kyodo News, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will set off on the 23rd for the US capital Washington to attend the Quad summit meeting of Japan, the United States, Australia and India.
Yoshihide Suga is expected to step down in early October. This will be his last visit during his tenure.
The data picture shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
According to reports, Yoshihide Suga will take a government plane from Japan on the afternoon of the 23rd and arrive in Washington on the 24th, Japan time. He will participate in the first face-to-face meeting of the four-nation summit on the 25th.
Yoshihide Suga, US President Biden, Indian Prime Minister Modi, and Australian Prime Minister Morrison will attend.
The schedule of individual talks is being coordinated. It is planned to hold Japan-India and Japan-Australia talks on the 24th, and Japan-US talks on the 25th.
Yoshihide Suga is expected to leave the United States on the 26th and return to Japan that afternoon.
According to reports, the meeting may discuss vaccine issues, climate change issues, key and emerging technologies, and the situation in Afghanistan.
Japanese media said that visits by the outgoing Japanese Prime Minister to foreign countries are very rare.
A related person from the Japanese government stated: "I have received an invitation from the Biden government. I decided to attend in order to stabilize the Japan-US-Australia-India mechanism."