TOKYO, Aug. 21 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release:

On August 21, commencing at 3:15 p.m. for approximately 15 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a summit meeting with Rt. Hon. Mr. Samuel Ntsokoane MATEKANE, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, who is visiting Japan to participate in the in the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9). The overview of the meeting is as follows: 1. At the outset, Prime Minister ISHIBA expressed his gratitude for the participation of Their Majesties King Letsie III and Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso to the National Day event of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, last month and expressed his desire to work together to fu...