Dhaka, May 31 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said the relationship between Bangladesh and Japan relations reached a new height with wider and deeper cooperation through the just-concluded visit of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to Tokyo.

"Our relations with Japan have reached a new height through the Chief Adviser's visit and the bilateral meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister," Alam told reporters in Tokyo on Friday night.

Chief Adviser Professor Yunus, who is scheduled to return home tonight (Saturday night) had a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru on May 30.

The Press Secretary said Japan stood by Bangladesh following the unprecedented mass uprising in July and August.

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