Ambassador hails friendship at Bon Odori


Visitors enjoying activities featured during the festival which celebrates Japanese and Malaysian cultures.

THE 21st Bon Odori Festival in Johor has become testimony of the friendship enjoyed by the people of Japan and Malaysia, says the Japanese ambassador to Malaysia.

Takahashi Katsuhiko said cultural diversity and tolerance had also become important aspects that promoted bilateral relationships between the two countries.

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