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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.

Vietnam treasures the practical and trustworthy partnership with Japan, considering it a priority in the country’s foreign relations policy, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Upon his arrival in Tokyo on June 4, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse visited the Vietnam Embassy and talked with the Vietnamese community in Japan.

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

Approximately 1,600 Japanese firms are operating in Vietnam as a result of the country’s efforts to improve investment climate, said Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.

Vietnam is aware that its relations with Japan are increasingly important in the context of rapid changes happening in the global and regional arenas, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said.

The coordination between the friendship parliamentarians’ groups of Vietnam and Japan will help promote the ties between the two countries.

Northern Hai Phong city kicked off a Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange festival together with a cherry blossom exhibition on March 12 to introduce the locals to the beauty of Japan.

Vietnamese people’s warm welcome for Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko made headlines in many Japanese newspapers on March 1.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe concluded his official two-day visit to Vietnam on January 17.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed the newly-accredited Japanese ambassador, who began his working term at a time when the Vietnam Japan relations are in the fine development stage.

Vietnam always considers Japan its top and long-time partner, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong while receiving newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Umeda Kunio in Hanoi on December 14.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching importance to developing relations with Japan and suggested the two sides enhance political trust.

Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Dinh The Huynh has hosted a reception for the visiting Vice Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party Yasuo Ogata Yasuo Ogata in Hanoi.

The joint vision statement on Vietnam-Japan relations affirmed their mutual resolve to intensify bilateral ties in all realms.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi on September 15 for an official visit to Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.