Japan to host G-7 foreign ministers' meeting in Karuizawa next year

Japan said Tuesday it will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries next year in the resort town of Karuizawa in the central prefecture of Nagano.The Cabinet also endorsed a plan to hold a meeting of the finance ministers and central bank governors of the group in Niigata, a coastal city facing the Sea of Japan northwest of Tokyo, top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno told a press conference.A series of G-7 ministerial meetings will be held in Japan in 2023 ahead of the group's summit as the country takes over the rotating presidency of the G-…READ FULL ARTICLE