Japan, U.S. agree to work toward successful G-7 Hiroshima summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that their countries will work together to realize a successful Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima next month.Kishida has recently met with senior U.S. officials visiting Japan in succession to boost the momentum toward the G-7 summit, slated to be held in his home constituency of Hiroshima, a city that was devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb in August 1945.Blinken visited the prime minister's office in Tokyo after concluding the three-day G-7 foreign ministerial gathering in the resort town of …READ FULL ARTICLE