Japanese PM begins France visit, meets Macron

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida begins a week-long trip on Monday to strengthen military ties with Europe and Britain and bring into focus the Japan-US alliance at a summit in Washington.

The Japanese Prime Minister visited Notre-Dame Cathedral with French President Emmanuel Macron. Reconstruction work on the cathedral, ravaged by the April 15, 2019 fire, is expected to conclude in time for its reopening to the public next year.Kishida’s five nation-tour will also take him Italy, Britain, Canada and the U.S. where he will have talks on Friday with President Joe Biden.