FUKUOKA: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Thursday received a courtesy call by Hiroto Izumi, the special advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan, to discuss Malaysia and Japan bilateral ties.
The meeting with Izumi, who in-charge related to Malaysia affairs, took place in Fukuoka on the final day of Dr Mahathir’s two-day working visit to the prefecture.
Japan is Malaysia’s fourth largest global trading partner in 2018 with bilateral trade recorded at RM132.57 billion (US$32.86 billion).