"We call on the independent authorities of G20 members to meet, if possible in Paris, to define an international nuclear safety standard for nuclear power plants," Sarkozy said at a press conference at the French Embassy in Tokyo.

"It is absolutely abnormal that these international safety standards do not exist," he said.

The president suggested the meeting could be held in May.

Sarkozy arrived in Japan on Thursday to express solidarity with the victims of the Japanese disasters and offer the country aid.

Northeastern Japan was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami on March 11, which damaged the cooling systems of the Fukushima-1 Nuclear Power Plant, causing the reactors to overheat and explode. People within a 20-kilometer area around the plant were evacuated after radiation leaks were registered.