Japan PM Kishida invited to visit Ukraine, spokesperson says

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the end of trading in 2022 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been invited to visit Ukraine, the government's top spokesperson said on Friday.

The invitation was given by the head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Andriy Yermak to Japan's ambassador to Ukraine on Wednesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a regular news conference.