Canadian PM touches down in Tokyo ahead of G7

Record ID: 102316

  • Title: Canadian PM touches down in Tokyo ahead of G7
  • Date: 23rd May 2016
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (MAY 23, 2016) (REUTERS) PLANES ON TARMAC AT VIP SECTION OF HANEDA AIRPORT SECURITY ON TARMAC PLANE ARRIVING AIRPORT EMPLOYEE TAXIING PLANE PLANE WITH SIGN READING (English and French) "GOVERNMENT OF CANADA" PLANE ARRIVING AIRPORT EMPLOYEE WATCHING CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND WIFE, SOPHIE GREGOIRE-TRUDEAU, WALKING OUT OF AIRPLANE AND WAVING TRUDEAU BEING WELCOMED BY JAPANESE DELEGATION MORE OF TRUDEAU BEING WELCOMED TRUDEAU WALKING PAST HONOUR GUARDS TRUDEAU ENTERING AUTOMOBILE HONOUR GUARD LEAVING CANADIAN AND JAPANESE FLAGS FLYING OVER THE AIRPORT
  • Embargoed: 7th June 2016 11:15
  • Keywords: Japan Canada prime minister Justin Trudeau arrival plane touch down
  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014J12FK7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau arrived in Tokyo on Monday (May 23), few days ahead of the Group of Seven Industrialised nations leaders' summit later this week.
    Trudeau, who received a red carpet and honour guard treatment at the airport upon his arrival, is expected to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito in a formal visit to both the Prime Minister's office and the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
    He is the first of the G7 leaders to arrive in Japan before the meetings in Ise-Shima, central Japan and this will be Trudeau's first summit since taking office.
    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to urge fellow leaders at a Group of Seven summit next week to invest in their economies to boost growth rather than focus on cutting costs.
    Policy steps to address subdued global growth will be high on the agenda at the May 26-27 meeting at Ise-Shimate, Japan.
    Abe has struggled to gain consent among the G7 nations for coordinated fiscal action to spur global growth, with countries such as Germany and Britain insisting on fiscal austerity.
    The G7 groups the United States, Japan, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy and France.
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