In the previous papers of this Journal no. 22(March 2014) and no.31(March 2018), the author discussed the development of bilateral relations between Japan and Vietnam from 2002 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2015 respectively.
The first section of this paper summarizes what the author has discussed in the previous papers. In the second section, he describes the major events in 2016, including Vietnam’s new Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to Japan in May. And in the third section, he describes the major events in 2017, including Japanese Emperor and Empress’ visit to Vietnam in February–March.
In the concluding section, the author points out some major factors which have contributed to the recent development of close relationship between the two nations.
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