Japan FM eyes visit to Cuba: report

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida could visit Cuba next month, a report said yesterday, becoming one of the highest-profile visitors to the isolated island since a thaw began between Washington and Havana.
If the visit goes ahead, Kishida is expected to call for closer ties with Cuba, where Japanese companies can invest in infrastructure projects and mineral resource development, Japan's public broadcaster NHK said.
Kishida may make the visit in late April when he travels to the United States for a meeting on the UN nuclear non-proliferation treaty and to hold security talks with the US side there, it said.