Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday he will attend a NATO summit meeting this month as the first Japanese leader to attend the gathering of the Western security alliance.
At a news conference, Kishida also said he will attend a three-day summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations, to be held from June 26 in Schloss Elmau, Germany, just before the NATO gathering in the Spanish capital of Madrid.
The summits will be held as member nations continue to face challenges stemming from Russia's war on Ukraine.