US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has canceled her visit to the port of Yokohama during her visit to Japan next week out of respect following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a Treasury official said on Saturday. Abe was fatally shot on Friday during a campaign speech on the street in the western city of Nara. Yellen was scheduled to visit the port on Tuesday for a roundtable discussion with business leaders, a facility tour and a speech.
Separately, the Foreign Office said late Saturday that Secretary Antony Blinken had added a stop in Tokyo in the coming days as part of his tour of Asia to offer condolences to the Japanese people over Abe’s death and to meet with senior Japanese officials. A Treasury official said Yellen’s bilateral meetings in Japan would still take place. He is scheduled to meet with Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi on Tuesday.
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