First Day of the G20 Seoul Summit
On November 11 (local time), Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited Seoul, the
Republic of Korea (ROK), to attend the G20 Seoul Summit.
The Prime Minister
attended a roundtable meeting on "trade and investment" of the G20
Business Summit, and exchanged views with the business leaders present at the
meeting, focusing on the theme of "revitalizing trade."
Later,
the Prime Minister held a meeting with Mr. Nobuaki Koga, President of the Japanese
Trade Union Confederation (RENGO), and participants of the G20 Labor Unions'
Summit.
In the evening, the Prime Minister attended a welcome reception held
at the National Museum of Korea, and then a working dinner.
Afterwards, Prime
Minister Kan held talks with Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the
Republic of Turkey.