UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is set to depart for Japan to attend an international symposium in Tokyo, next Monday. <br />The event will be hosted by Japan and the United Nations University to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the UN<br />All eyes are on whether the UN Chief will call on Tokyo to sincerely address its wartime history as he speaks alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. <br />Ahead of the symposium, Ban is also scheduled to attend the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction which opens this Saturday in Sendai.<br />This will be Ban's fourth official trip to Japan after three consecutive annual visits from 2009.
