Prime Minister Kishida, who had been visiting Southeast Asia and Europe, completed a series of schedules and left the last country of his visit, the United Kingdom, on the early morning of the 6th of Japan time, and returned to Japan.
Prior to this, Prime Minister Kishida announced new sanctions against Russia at a press conference.
Prime Minister Kishida visited Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Italy, Vatican, and the United Kingdom for eight days from the 29th of last month, and met with the leaders of each country.
At the series of summit meetings, with Russia continuing its military invasion of Ukraine and China, which is intensifying its supremacy, it shares the basic stance that no force can change the status quo in any region, and it is open to the public. We agreed on a policy of working closely with each other toward the realization of the invaded Indo-Pacific.
Prime Minister Kishida said at a press conference in the last country he visited on the night of the 5th of Japan time, "The purpose is to" protect peace "in Southeast Asia and Europe while the international community is at a historic crossroads. I feel that I have achieved solid results by visiting the site in Japan. "
In addition, it announced new sanctions, such as adding about 140 individuals subject to asset freezing, as it would work with the G7 to further increase pressure on Russia.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Kishida pointed out that "the infection situation continues to decrease mainly in metropolitan areas, but due to the increase in the number of people during consecutive holidays, it is unpredictable" regarding the measures against the new corona.
Then, we will continue to steadily maintain and strengthen the health care system and vaccination, and after assessing the infection situation after the Golden Week holidays, we will take into account the opinions of experts next month as well as new corona measures including border measures. I showed the idea of reviewing in stages.
After completing a series of schedules, Prime Minister Kishida left the site on a government aircraft after 1:30 am on the 6th of Japan time and was on his way back to Japan.