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KOTA KINABALU: Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor menerima kunjungan hormat perpisahan daripada Ketua Pejabat Konsular Jepun bagi Sabah, Sarawak dan Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan, Konsul-Jeneral Encik Yamashita Yoshito di pejabatnya di Menara Kinabalu, di sini, pada Selasa.

Kunjungan itu diadakan sempena tamatnya tempoh perkhidmatan Yamashita pada akhir Mac tahun ini, setelah berkhidmat selama 2 tahun 6 bulan di Sabah.

Mengiringi Yamashita ialah penggantinya, Encik Nakasuji Hisaki.

Dalam pertemuan tersebut, kedua-dua pihak bertukar pandangan mengenai hubungan kerjasama antara Sabah dan Jepun, khususnya dalam bidang pelaburan, pelancongan, ekonomi serta pembangunan yang memberi manfaat kepada kedua-dua pihak.

Hajiji turut merakamkan penghargaan atas peranan Yamashita dalam memperkukuh hubungan persahabatan dan kerjasama antara Jepun dengan Sabah sepanjang tempoh beliau berkhidmat di negeri ini.

Beliau juga berharap hubungan baik antara Sabah dan Jepun akan terus diperkukuh demi manfaat bersama, terutamanya dalam usaha menarik lebih ramai pelabur dan pelancong Jepun ke Sabah.

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English version

KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor received a farewell courtesy call from the Head of the Consular Office of Japan for Sabah, Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan, Consul-General Mr. Yamashita Yoshito, at his office in Menara Kinabalu here on Tuesday.

The visit marked the conclusion of Mr. Yamashita’s two-and-a-half-year tenure in Sabah, which ends in March.  

He was accompanied by his successor, Mr. Nakasuji Hisaki.  

At the meeting, both parties discussed  bilateral relations between Sabah and Japan, focusing on strategic cooperation in investment, tourism, and economic development.  

The Chief Minister thanked Mr. Yamashita for his role in fostering friendship and cooperation between Sabah and Japan during tenure in the state.

He also hoped that the positive relationship between Sabah and Japan would continue for mutual benefit, especially in efforts to attract more Japanese investors and tourists to Sabah.  

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