Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Friday called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to cooperate with other world leaders to boost funding for the promotion of girls' education when he hosts the Group of 20 summit later in the year.

In a joint press briefing after their talks in Tokyo, Yousafzai, a Pakistani campaigner for female education, said 130 million girls are not in school across the global and millions more are unprepared to join the modern workforce.

"I hope that he can use his G-20 presidency to help my sisters in Japan, G-20 countries and around the world to reach their full potential because the world works better when girls go to school," she said.

Abe said he will take up "a society in which women shine" as one of the important topics to be discussed at the summit in Osaka in late June.

The 21-year-old Oxford University student is visiting Japan for the first time to deliver a keynote speech at a two-day international conference on women's empowerment beginning Saturday in Tokyo.

Abe has been pushing for active female participation in the workforce as a key pillar of his economic policies.

"We will further promote the international trend of women's empowerment so that Ms. Malala's activities and Japan's efforts will generate a synergistic effect," he said.

Malala, who hails from the Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghanistan border, drew attention to the plight of girls' education under Taliban rule through her blog posts. She was shot in the head by Taliban militants on Oct. 9, 2012, on her way back from school.

Receiving medical treatment in Britain, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2014 for her "struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."

Prior to the talks, Abe also met with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, former Chilean president, who will also speak at the international gathering.

The Japanese government said Foreign Minister Taro Kono will cancel his official duties on Saturday and Sunday due to pyelonephritis, including the conference and bilateral talks with its participants.