Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba to skip NATO summit


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  • Monday, 23 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds a press conference after the G7 Leaders' Summit, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has cancelled plans to attend the NATO summit in the Hague this week, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, scrapping his June 24-26 trip just three days after announcing it.

The ministry said only that "various circumstances" had led to the cancellation.

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