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Vietnam and Japan have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the State visit to Japan by President Tran Dai Quang from May 29 to June 2.

Japanese media has covered stories highlighting the welcome ceremony for Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on May 30.

The Vietnamese Government and people always attach much importance to the relations with Japan, President Tran Dai Quang said during a meeting with the Japanese Emperor and Empress in Tokyo on May 30.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hosted a welcome ceremony for President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse, who are on a State visit to Japan, at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on May 30 morning.

The Vietnam visit by the Japanese Emperor and Queen in 2017 and upcoming Japan visit by President Tran Dai Quang as a national guest is the symbol of the closest friendship between the two countries.

President Tran Dai Quang, on December 22, sent a message of best wishes to Japanese Emperor Akihito on his 84th birthday (December 23).

Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group Pham Minh Chinh proposed increasing exchanges between Vietnamese and Japanese young legislators.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse had a meeting with Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on June 6.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh paid a courtesy visit to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and met with Crown Prince Naruhito on May 11 when she is visiting Japan and attending the 27th Global Summit of Women (GWS).

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan Oshima Tadamori in Hanoi on May 5.

Japanese Emperor and Empress hosted a tea party at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, on April 17 to celebrate the success of their Vietnam visit from February 28 – March 5.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Bangkok on March 5 to start an official visit to Thailand and pay their respect to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on March 5 concluded their first-ever six-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 4.

President Tran Dai Quang on March 3 visited Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at their hotel to say good-bye to the Japanese royal couple before they leave Hanoi to visit Hue city.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception on March 3 for Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, who are on a week-long State visit to Vietnam.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko met former Vietnamese students who once studied in Japan during an exchange at Van Mieu - the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on March 2.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on March 2 visited the Museum of Biology of the Vietnam National University in Hanoi where specimens of white goby fish and Onagadori chicken, gifts from the Japanese Royal Family, are preserved.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko met former Vietnamese students who once studied in Japan during an exchange at Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on March 2.

Hundreds of Hanoi people gathered to welcome Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko who made a tour to the Temple of Literature on March 2.