Japanese Minister in Sri Lanka

Japan's Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshitaka Shindo will arrive in Sri Lanka today, the Embassy of Japan in Colombo announced last week.

His visit is a follow-up to the visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Tokyo in March and the visit of Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Parliamentary Senior Vice Minister of Finance Taro Aso in May. Shindo, during his visit, will call on President Rajapaksa to discuss bilateral relations to further strengthen the long-standing ties between the two countries.