Japan's foreign minister to attend G7 meeting about Ukraine on Friday

FILE PHOTO: Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) Lawmaker and a former cabinet minister Yoshimasa Hayashi poses for a photograph during a Thomson Reuters Breakingviews event in Tokyo, Japan, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will attend a Group of Seven (G7) meeting scheduled for Friday to discuss and coordinate responses to the Ukraine crisis, the foreign ministry said, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its ninth day.

In a statement on Friday morning, the ministry said Hayashi will attend a G7 meeting in Brussels via teleconference.