Japan Announces Locations for 2016 G7 Ministerial Meetings

July 3, 2015

During its G7 presidency in 2016, Japan will hold eight ministerial meetings in addition to the foreign and finance ministerial meetings already announced. The meeitings and locations have been announced as follows:

Transport ministers in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture
Agriculture ministers in Niigata
Health ministers in Kobe
Science and technology ministers in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture
Environment ministers in Toyama
Education ministers in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture
Information and communications ministers in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture
Energy ministers in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

The foreign ministers will meet in Hirshima and finance ministers in Sendai. No dates have been announced, although the foreign and finance ministerials will likely be in March and April 2016.

Source: Kyodo News, Jiji Press

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