“The President exchanged greetings with the Prime Minister of Japan and his spouse during the dinner. Besides, he exchanged pleasantries with the heads of the state of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Slovakia,” President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told UNB.
The dinner was arranged for the royal guests who were invited to the enthronement ceremony of new Japanese Emperor Naruhito.
The enthronement ceremony took place at the State Hall of Imperial Palace at 1pm (local time) on Tuesday.
The enthronement ceremony was held as part of national ceremony (from Oct 22 to October 31) to celebrate the enthronement of the emperor. Some 2,000 people, including heads of state and other dignitaries, from 174 countries attended the ceremony.
President Hamid also visited Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city, and spent some moment there on Wednesday.
He passed some time in Yamashita Park and NYK Maritime Museum inside the Hikawa Maru, a passenger liner that was built in 1930 for the Japan-Seattle line by NHK Line.
Around the 1920s, there were growing calls in Japan for building its high-grade ships in order to compete with the large ships introduced by Europe and the United States.
Hikawa Maru was a state-of-the-art ship at the time it was built. During the World War 2, it was set up as a navy hospital.
President Hamid reached Tokyo on Monday on an eight-day official visit to Japan and Singapore. He will visit Singapore on October 25-27 on his way back home.
He is expected to return home on October 27.