Fumio Kishida to be 1st Japan leader to attend NATO summit

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday he will attend a summit meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization this month as the first Japanese leader to attend the gathering of the Western security alliance.At a press 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.Kishida said he intends to underscore…READ FULL ARTICLE