Dhaka, Sept. 4 -- Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshiko Abe has said Japan is happy over Bangladesh's decision to name metro rail stations after the names of the Japanese victims of the Holey Artisan terror attack.

During a meeting with State Minister M Shahriar Alam in Male on the sidelines of the 4th Indian Ocean Conference on Wednesday, she also expressed their gratitude that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met all the family members of the Japanese victims of terror attack.

Shahriar thanked Japan for facilitating the very fruitful visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier in May this year.

Referring to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last month in Tokyo, he expressed gratitude to the Japanese government ...