Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar Lt-Gen Soe Win received Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr Hitoshi Tanaka and party at Zeyathiri Beikman on 23 March 2005.
Also present at the call were Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Deputy Ministers U Kyaw Thu and U Maung Myint, Director-General of the Government Office U Soe Tint and Director-General of the Protocol Department Thura U Aung Htet. The Japanese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and party were accompanied by Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Nobutake Odano.