TOKYO, June 30 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release:
On June 30, commencing at 3:40 p.m. for approximately 50 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a Japan-Vatican Summit Meeting with His Eminence Cardinal Pietro PAROLIN, Secretary of State of the Holy See, who is visiting Japan to participate in the National Day Event of EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. An overview of the meeting is as follows.
At the outset, Prime Minister Ishiba welcomed Secretary of State Parolin on the occasion of his visit to Japan, expressing his deepest condolences on the demise of His Holiness Pope Francis and extended his warmest congratulations on the inauguration of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. He noted th...