Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with former U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday over lunch in Tokyo, the Japanese government said Thursday.
“There is no special meaning” in the meeting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in a news conference, stressing it is aimed at “renewing friendship.” Obama was in office between 2009 and 2017.
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