Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will arrive in Japan on Saturday for her first visit in 27 years to discuss support for her fast-reforming nation, government officials said.
Tokyo aims to strengthen ties with the 67-year-old democracy icon, who is highly influential both within Myanmar as head of the National League for Democracy party and globally as the recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
During her weeklong trip, Suu Kyi will hold talks in Tokyo with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, the speaker of the Lower House and the president of the House of Councilors. A meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is still being arranged, the officials said.