Nikkei wrote that Prime Minister Kishida will participate virtually in the G20 summit to be held in Rome on Oct. 30-31 and stress the importance of free trade and free and fair international rules. The paper wrote that the premier is planning to emphasize the need to promote the Data Free Flow with Trust, an international initiative on data flow that was proposed by Japan at the G20 summit in Osaka in 2019, and Japan’s readiness to cooperate with other nations on the introduction of digital taxes targeting multinational companies.