Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) arrives at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, on May 24, 2013. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Yangon Friday evening to pay a three-day official goodwill visit to the Southeast Asian nation. (Xinhua/U Aung)

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Japanese PM arrives in Myanmar for goodwill visit

YANGON, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived Yangon Friday evening to pay a three-day official goodwill visit to the Southeast Asian nation.

Abe is the first Japanese prime minister visiting Myanmar in 36 years since 1977 when former Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda came to the country.  Full story

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) arrives at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, on May 24, 2013. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Yangon Friday evening to pay a three-day official goodwill visit to the Southeast Asian nation. (Xinhua/U Aung)