VOV.VN - Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Nukaga Fukushiro, and National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Tran Quang Phuong have discussed Vietnam-Japan relations as well as ties between the two legislatures at a recent meeting as part of the latter’s visit to Japan.

Officials in the northern province of Ninh Binh have taken prompt measures to resolve difficulties faced by Japanese businesses operating in the locality.

The People’s Committee of Vinh Long province on September 12 held talks with Japan’s WAGO Group and the Hai Phong Investment, Trade and Construction Co., Ltd. to discuss potential cooperation in agricultural exports, technology transfer in crop cultivation, and biomass power development.

As part of his visit to Japan, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long held a series of meetings with the local leadership, friendship associations, and Vietnamese expatriate community in Osaka on September 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese volleyball star Tran Thi Thanh Thuy departed for Japan on September 5 to officially join the Gunma Green Wings Club in Maebashi for the 2025–2026 Japanese national volleyball championship.

Igari Kasumasa, later known in Vietnam as “comrade Phan Lai,” was a former Japanese army officer who gave up the imperial uniform to join the Viet Minh, a decision that transformed his life and laid the foundation for a touching bond between the two nations and peoples.

VOV.VN - Produce 101 Japan, the popular Japanese idol survival show produced by Lapone Entertainment, has officially launched its new season titled Produce 101 Japan: New World, and for the first time ever, Vietnam is included in the global audition tour.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on August 21 hosted a reception for a visiting delegation from the Youth Division of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by its director Nakasone Yasutaka.

Prof. Shimizu from Japan’s Osaka University has highlighted the historical significance of the August Revolution and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, noting that the ability of a small nation to achieve independence from Western powers provided great hope, courage to oppressed peoples.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested that relevant ministries, sectors and localities decisively resolve all remaining obstacles and maximise the effectiveness of cooperation projects with Japan, especially those involving Japanese investments in Vietnam, during a dialogue with Japanese businesses in Hanoi on August 12.