REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) arrived in Japan on Thursday evening to attend an outreach meeting during the G-7 Summit on Friday.

President Jokowi and his entourage, including First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo, arrived at the Chubu Centrair International Airport at 05.06 p.m. local time after a seven-hour flight from the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta by Presidential Airplane Indonesia-1.

The president and his entourage were greeted by the Head of the Japanese state protocol Kaori Shimazaki, Indonesian Ambassador to Japan, Yusron Ihza Mahendra, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister, Miki Yamada, and Aichi Governor, Hideaki Ohmura upon arrival at the airport.

The first agenda of the Indonesian leader's visit in Japan is to attend a welcoming reception held by the Governor of the Aichi Prefecture, Hideaki Ohmura in Nagoya.