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Trudeau to take day off during Japan trip to celebrate wedding anniversary

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Japan for bilateral talks and the Group of Seven summit later this week but he isn't planning to hold any meetings or events Wednesday, so he can celebrate his 11th wedding anniversary with his wife Sophie Grgoire Trudeau.

Trudeau will head to the G7 summit on Thursday

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grgoire Trudeau are celebrating their 11th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Justin Trudeau's trip to Japan for bilateral talks and the Group of Seven summit will be about more than just business.

The prime minister isn't planning to hold any meetings or events Wednesday, so he can celebrate his 11th wedding anniversary with his wife SophieGrgoireTrudeau.

The couple, who were married onMay 28, 2005, will spend the night at a traditional Japanese inn or ryokan before Trudeau heads to the G7 summit on Thursday in the country's Ise-Shima region.

"The fact of the matter is we've been working extremely hard today and will be at the G7 meetings on Thursday and Friday, and in the middle of all this, I'm taking a moment to celebrate on personal funds my wedding anniversary with my wife," Trudeau said of the down time when asked during a news conference whether it would cost taxpayers anything, including the potential financial burden of idle staffers.

"This is the kind of work-life balance that I've often talked about as being essential in order to be able to be in service of the country with all one's very best and that's certainly something I'm going to continue to make sure we do."

GrgoireTrudeau accompanied the prime minister Tuesday in Tokyo during visits to the Meiji Shrine and with the Japanese emperor and empress at the Imperial Palace.

She also joined him Tuesday evening for dinner with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Trudeau held working meetings earlier in the day with Abe and executives from the Japanese auto sector.


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