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Saudi king in Tokyo for four-day visit

Published Sun, Mar 12, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

SAUDI Arabia's King Salman arrived in Tokyo on Sunday, making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich nation in nearly five decades.

The 81-year-old king, who was greeted by Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito at Haneda airport, will meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday as he kicks off the Japanese leg of a broader tour of Asia.

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