PM Narendra Modi to visit Japan, China from Aug 29 to Sept 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit of Japan and China on August 29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday.

In the first leg of his trip, Modi will be in Japan on a two-day visit.

From Japan, he will travel to China, primarily to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation



(SCO).

The announcement of the prime minister’s visit to the two Asian countries came just days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s trip to India.

The MEA said Modi will be in Japan on August 29 and 30 to participate in the 15th India-Japan annual summit.

This will be Modi’s eighth visit to Japan as the prime minister.