President Bola Tinubu on Thursday departed Yokohama, Japan, for Brazil on an ultra-long-haul flight to begin a State Visit on Sunday, August 24.

The President will make a stopover in Los Angeles before continuing his journey to Brasília, the Brazilian capital.

President Tinubu commenced his two-nation visit on Friday, August 15, departing Abuja with a brief stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, before arriving in Yokohama in the early hours of August 18.

While in Japan, the President attended the opening ceremony and plenary of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) on August 20.

He also held several high-level bilateral meetings, which culminated in an interactive session with the Nigerian community in Japan on Thursday night.