Former prime minister Justin Trudeau and pop star Katy Perry shared a meal with former Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and his wife, Yuko, in Tokyo this week.
In
Thursday night, Kishida shared a photo of the foursome smiling widely as they stood together in front of a Christmas tree.
“Former Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau came to Japan with his partner Katy Perry and had lunch with us,” Kishida wrote.
“During my time as Prime Minister, I met Prime Ministers many times, and during my visit to Canada, we worked together to strengthen our bilateral relations, including formulating the ‘Nikka Action Plan.’”
Also known as the
, the 2022 initiative outlined how the countries would work together on issues such as security, trade, energy, and humanitarian response in the Indo-Pacific region.
He went on to mention Trudeau’s visit to the Atomic Bomb Archives during the G7 Hiroshima Summit and wrote that Canada remains “an extremely important partner to Japan in all areas of politics, security, economics, culture,” and more.
It’s not immediately clear if the get-together was a planned one, but Perry was already in Tokyo this week to perform the last of the shows on her world tour.
As reported by
and other celebrity news outlets earlier this week, she and Trudeau were seen strolling through the Asakusa district, a popular tourist area in the Japanese capital, on Monday night.
They were later photographed holding hands as they left the Sumo Stable Annex, where they were treated to a live wrestling match as they dined on traditional Japanese cuisine, as reported by
.
The lunch with the Japanese dignitaries preceded the second of back-to-back shows Perry performed at the Saitama Super Arena this week.
The 91-show tour ends Sunday in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
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