Asahi wrote that it has learned from multiple GOJ sources that Prime Minister Kishida has decided to forgo a plan to visit Hiroshima with Ambassador Emanuel on Feb. 26 based on the assessment that it would be difficult for him to travel outside Tokyo from the viewpoint of crisis management amid escalating tensions over Ukraine. The paper wrote that no decision has been made yet on rescheduling the trip. Sankei and Kyodo News ran similar reports.