Kishida postpones departure to U.S. due to typhoon

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting on Typhoon No. 14 at the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday.
15:49 JST, September 19, 2022
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will postpone the departure date for his planned trip to New York from Monday to Tuesday, it was decided Monday afternoon, out of a need to assess the damage caused by Typhoon No. 14 in Japan.
Kishida was to leave Japan on Monday to attend the U.N. General Assembly, among other events.
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