Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's secretary general, is planning to visit Japan as early as this month for talks with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from several NATO officials.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization chief reportedly aims to strengthen security-related cooperation between NATO and Japan over the Indo-Pacific region. He also is expected to express support for Japan's National Security Strategy, which was revised late last year.
Stoltenberg, who has not visited Japan since 2017, will also visit South Korea, where he will meet with President Yoon Suk-yeol.
