Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet President Donald Trump on a visit to the United States this week, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday.
"If circumstances permit, he will visit the United States from February 6-8 and hold (his) first face-to-face Japan-US summit meeting with President Trump in Washington DC," Hayashi said.
"Through this visit we hope to build a strong relationship of trust with the new US administration and take the US-Japan alliance to new heights," he added.