Japan's ambassador to address key issues for upcoming G-7 summit in Hiroshima, May 9

Koji Tomita, Japan’s ambassador to the United States, will outline key issues for the upcoming G-7 Hiroshima Summit at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 9.

This Headliners event is open to credentialed media and Club members. You must register to attend. Register online here.

 

Leaders of the G-7 member countries -- France, the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada -- and the European Union president will meet May 19-21 in Hiroshima. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the 2023 president of G-7, said Japan chose Hiroshima, a city that experienced the horrors of nuclear war, as a “fitting location to express its commitment to peace.”

During a visit to Washington in January, Kishida said the G-7 leaders should demonstrate a strong will to uphold international order and the rule of law after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

To submit a question for the speaker, please email [email protected] and put JAPAN in the subject line. The deadline for submitting questions in advance is 9 a.m. on the day of the event.

Tomita is on his second diplomatic tour in the United States. He served as deputy chief of mission in 2012. He also has held diplomatic posts in Korea, Israel and Britain, and various posts in the foreign ministry. He also acted as Japan’s Sherpa for the G-20 Osaka Summit in 2019. As a student, he completed a study abroad program at Davidson College in North Carolina.