“President Obama and Prime Minister Abe will discuss a range of economic, security, and global issues, including progress on the Trans Pacific Partnership, Japan's expanding role in the Alliance, and climate change,” the White House statement said.
Apart from meeting the US President in Washington, Shinzo Abe plans to address a joint session of Congress thus becoming the first Japanese prime minister to ever address both houses of the US Congress, and the first to address any part of Congress in over 50 years.
Abe’s speech is likely to focus on security and economic ties between Japan and the United States, especially on the effort to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership which is currently being blocked by Congress. The same issues will be discussed during the meeting between two leaders.
The Japanese prime minister’s visit to the United States will mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War II.
Earlier on Monday, the Japanese government’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that the trip to the United States will see Abe visit Boston, Washington, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
According to Suga, Abe’s visit to the United States will "be significant in showing the robustness of the Japan-U.S. alliance to the world." Abe is expected to deepen this alliance through crafting security-related bills, according to local reports.
