Japan Prime Miner Ishiba to skip NATO summit, source says | World News

Japanese Prime Miner Shigeru Ishiba is planning to cancel his attendance at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in the Hague, a source with direct knowledge said on Monday.
Broadcaster Fuji Television said Ishiba was cancelling the trip because a planned meeting between NATO and a group of four Indo-Pacific nations (IP4) would likely not take place, and because a meeting with US President Donald Trump was also unlikely.
South Korea and Australia, which along with New Zealand and Japan make up the IP4, have also said their leaders would not attend the NATO summit meeting.
Foreign Miner Takeshi Iwaya will represent Japan, the source said, declining to be identified because the plan is not public.