PM Najib Arrives In Tokyo For Working Visit

From Mokhtar Hussain TOKYO, Nov 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (centre) arrived here Tuesday for a three-day working visit to Japan to further boost bilateral ties. Upon arrival at about 7.30am local time (6.30 Malaysian time) Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, were greeted among others, by the Malaysian Ambassador to Japan, Ahmad Izlan Idris and officials from the embassy. During the visit, the prime minister will be accompanied by two ministers in the Prime Minister's Department, namely, Shahidan Kassim and Abdul Rahman Dahalan. Najib is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before a dinner at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Wednesday. The prime minister will also receive courtesy calls from the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Japan External Trade Organisation, Hiroyuki Ishige, and members of the Japan-Malaysia Parliamentary Friendship Association, to exchange views on bilateral cooperation and regional issues. (photoBERNAMA) --BERNAMA