G7 leaders visit Japanese holy shrine ahead of summit
- 8 years ago
Economics, refugees and security top G7 agenda
Japan’s primary concern – Chinese assertiveness
Hiroshima visit next on Obama itinerary
World leaders have been welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Shinto religion’s holiest site ahead of a G7 summit.
Hot topics at the G7 summit in Japan https://t.co/zksN7gPn3P pic.twitter.com/xl9feiRlAE— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 26, 2016
The venue of the Ise Grand Shrine was chosen by Abe in the hope of providing an insight into the heart of Japanese culture.
The G7 partners are made up of the US, Britain, Canada, France Germany Italy and Japan, although Commission President Jean Claude Junker is also there representing the European Union.
He’s due to call for solidarity on the migration issue and recognition that it is a global problem in need of funding from leading industrialised nations.
Other topics on the agenda range from the health of the world’s economy to China’s maritime assertiveness.
Why China?
A re
Japan’s primary concern – Chinese assertiveness
Hiroshima visit next on Obama itinerary
World leaders have been welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Shinto religion’s holiest site ahead of a G7 summit.
Hot topics at the G7 summit in Japan https://t.co/zksN7gPn3P pic.twitter.com/xl9feiRlAE— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 26, 2016
The venue of the Ise Grand Shrine was chosen by Abe in the hope of providing an insight into the heart of Japanese culture.
The G7 partners are made up of the US, Britain, Canada, France Germany Italy and Japan, although Commission President Jean Claude Junker is also there representing the European Union.
He’s due to call for solidarity on the migration issue and recognition that it is a global problem in need of funding from leading industrialised nations.
Other topics on the agenda range from the health of the world’s economy to China’s maritime assertiveness.
Why China?
A re