Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama plan to meet April 24 in Tokyo, where they are expected to reaffirm the Japan-U.S. alliance, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday.
Japan will invite Obama on April 24 and 25 as a state guest, though the exact date of his arrival is not yet known, Suga said at a news conference, indicating Obama may arrive in Japan on April 23.
Obama will be the first U.S. president to visit Japan as a state guest since Bill Clinton in April 1996. The trip is part of an Asian tour that will also take Obama to South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines.