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VIENTIANE: Laos and Japan on Tuesday (Jan 21) exchanged notes concerning grant aid to Laos to support the Project for the Improvement of Provincial Teacher Development Centres, following the Japan ...

VIENTIANE: Laos and Japan have opened a new chapter in their bilateral ties by elevating their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, which coincides with the 70th anniversary of ...

Meeting in Tokyo, Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his Japanese counterpart Ishiba Shigeru on Tuesday agreed to encourage their business sectors to work towards setting up direct flights between ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, right, and Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone shake hands at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on Tuesday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 15:15 JST, January 22, ...

VIENTIANE – Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his wife on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and his wife at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, where the Lao leader and the ...

The Laotian leader unveiled a plan to extend visa exemptions for Japanese visitors to Laos from the current 15 days to 30 days. The two leaders also agreed to expand trade, people-to-people and ...

Tokyo, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Lao counterpart, Sonexay Siphandone, met in Tokyo on Tuesday and agreed to launch talks between the two countries' vice ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The leaders of Japan and Laos agreed Tuesday to upgrade their bilateral relations to a "comprehensive strategic partnership," as Tokyo tries to strengthen cooperation with ...

On January 21, commencing at 6:15 p.m. for approximately one hour, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a summit meeting with H.E. Mr. Sonexay SIPHANDONE, Prime Minister of the Lao People ...