Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki is set to visit Singapore and Vietnam to meet with high government officials from Jan. 10 to 13, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.
There's no media opportunities during his trip, but the minister will brief the media on results of this trip at a news conference after he returns, the ministry said.
Japan chairs this year's meetings of ASEAN+3, including China and South Korea, and it also hosts the Group of Seven (G7) leaders' meeting.
(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Himani Sarkar)