TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has decided to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, Kyodo News reported Thursday.

Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo June 23, 2008. [Agencies]

Fukuda will take a 19-seat airplane of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force and arrive in Beijing on August 8, said the report, citing government sources.