Takaichi has no plans to attend COP31 leaders meeting
The absence would mark the third consecutive year without a Japanese prime minister at a U.N. climate summit.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not plan to join the two-day gathering of leaders at the U.N. climate summit in Turkey, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said. He attributed her absence to scheduling reasons.
Environment Minister Hiroyoshi Sasagawa will instead take part in ministerial meetings at COP31, the 31st Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Kihara told a news conference that the government did not expect Takaichi’s absence to weaken Japan’s role in climate diplomacy. He said Sasagawa would communicate Japan’s position on climate change at the summit.
