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A Japanese court on July 6 sentenced Yasumasa Shibuya to life in prison over the 2017 murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in Chiba prefecture, according to the Kyodo news agency.

Japan fulfilled domestic procedures on July 6 for the ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific (CPTPP), becoming the second member to do so after Mexico.

The Special Toyota Concert 2018 will take place at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on July 13 as part of activities to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.

The 6th Vietnam-Japan defence policy dialogue took place in Tokyo on July 4 under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh and Japanese Deputy Defence Minister Ro Manabe.

The Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Japan’s Sanjo city and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on July 4 held a conference to review the human resources development project for SMEs supporting institutions in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

The Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will present a performance of traditional Japanese bunraku puppetry theatre in HCM City in mid-July to mark 45 years of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.

Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted a reception on July 3 for the Special Advisor of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, Tsutomu Takebe, who affirmed Japan will support Vietnam in the fields it holds strength.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has proposed building a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese and Japanese Governments to effectively enforce the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The Chairman of the Kyowakai Medical Corporation of Japan, Kiso Kenzo, was bestowed with the honorary citizenship of Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on June 29.

The Japanese Diet on June 29 enacted a bill to implement domestic procedures before the ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Tran-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

There are nearly 90,000 Japanese language learners in Vietnam, up from 37.8 percent compared with the figure recorded in 2015, heard an exchange programme held by the Japan Foundation in Tokyo on June 28.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam said HCM City and Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture can cooperate successfully as the two localities share a lot of similarities.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi and Fukuoka prefecture of Japan jointly held a conference promoting their agriculture cooperation in Hanoi on June 28.

Japan and Thailand agreed on June 27 to foster cooperation for the accession of Thailand to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).