Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori will seek cooperation from Japan's partners at the upcoming Asia-Europe Meeting in Seoul on some of the key issues discussed at July's Group of Eight summit, according to Foreign Ministry officials.
Mori leaves today for the three-day ASEM summit, which starts with a working dinner in the evening.
He will urge fellow members to take part in the information technology revolution and to join in the fight against infectious and parasitic diseases, the officials said.