The 17-day photo exhibition "A Visit to Japan by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1973" was inaugurated at the Liberation War Museum Thursday. Since 1973, the Embassy of Japan in Dhaka has kept these 50 original photos with utmost care. These historic photos were showcased at the museum for the first time. The exhibition will continue till March 26. To mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and Japan, the Embassy of Japan and the Liberation War Museum organised the exhibition. While speaking as the chief guest, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said: "I must register my thanks to the government of Japan and the people, who have preserved these photos over the last 50 years." "To Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Japan was an example. He wanted to develop Bangladesh like Japan, a developed country." Bangabandhu could not do that as he was assassinated within three-and-half-year of his tenure, the minister said, but the help, assistance of Japan would last 50 years.