Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Japan from July 1 to 6 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of bilateral ties, Foreign Ministry officials said June 23.

Hasina will meet with Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to discuss bilateral relations and with business leaders at an investment forum, the officials said. The officials also announced the July 2-4 visit by Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini. Dini will meet with his counterpart, Yukihiko Ikeda, International Trade and Industry Minister Shinji Sato and Shoichiro Toyoda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren).