Based on the fact that Japan will chair the G7 = seven major countries next year, Prime Minister Kishida is proceeding with coordination to visit European and American member countries and hold summit meetings in January.
We will convey our intention to take the lead in responding to global issues, including the situation in Ukraine, and plan to strengthen cooperation.
Japan will assume the chair of the G7 next year, and the G7 Hiroshima Summit is scheduled to be held in May in Hiroshima, an atomic bombed city.
According to government officials, Prime Minister Kishida will visit G7 members France, the United Kingdom, and the United States from early to mid-January, and is making arrangements to hold summit meetings with each of them.
During the series of meetings, Prime Minister Abe conveyed his intention to lead the international community's response to the Ukrainian situation, food problems, nuclear disarmament, climate change, and other issues. I am planning to call.
In addition, at the Japan-U.S. summit meeting with President Biden of the United States, he revised three security-related documents to drastically strengthen defense capabilities, clearly stated the possession of "counterattack capability", and increased defense spending. I would like to further deepen the Japan-U.S. Alliance.