The president and the first lady will be received by Emperor Naruhito on the 25th and 26th; It is the 1st international trip scheduled in 2025
The president (PT) and the first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, will go to Japan on a state visit on March 25 and 26, 2025. It is the 1st international trip of the petista scheduled in 2025. The meeting celebrates 130 years of diplomatic relations between countries.
Lula and Janja will be received by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, and meet Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Brazil houses the largest nipodescendant community outside Japan, estimated in more than 2 million people, with expressive performance in the sectors of agribusiness, industry and culture. Already Japan welcomes the 5th largest Brazilian community abroad, with about 211 thousand Brazilians.
As showed the Poder360Lula the rhythm of the trips. In 2023, he spent 62 days outside Brazil and 2024, 26. The petista was 88 days abroad since returning to the presidency for a 3rd term. In all, he visited the 5 continents as he passed 32 countries on 24 trips. Still in 2025, Lula Vietnam in late March and France in early June.
