<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met Emperor of Japan Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier attended an audience with the emperor at the Imperial Palace at 3:00pm local time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Hasina, now on a four-day official visit to Japan, will also hold a summit meeting with her Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at the latter’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday evening.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the summit meeting, both the prime ministers will sign a joint statement. They will also witness the exchange of agreements and memorandums of cooperation (MoCs) for bilateral cooperation in different sectors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Bangladesh premier also held meetings separately with Foreign Minister of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi and President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Dr Tanaka Akihiko, Chairman of Japan-Bangladesh Committee for Commercial &amp; Economic Cooperation (JBCCEC) Fumiya Kokubu, Chairman and CEO of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Ishiguro Norihiko and President of Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League (JBPFL) Taro Aso on Wednesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PM Hasina arrived here in Tokyo on Tuesday on a four-day official visit to Japan at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>