Turkish President Erdogan to visit Japan from Thursday

June 25, 2019

Tokyo--The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Japan for six days from Thursday.

Erdogan will attend the Group of 20 summit in the western Japan city of Osaka on Friday and Saturday, and then visit the western prefecture of Kyoto, the central prefecture of Aichi and Tokyo.

During the stay, Erdogan will meet with Emperor Naruhito and have a working dinner with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

This will be the second Japan visit for Erdogan and the first since his reelection in July 2018. Jiji Press