Tokyo: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is on a six-day visit to Japan, her first trip to the country in 27 years since she visited Japan in 1985 as a visiting scholar. On Day 3 of her visit on Monday, Suu Kyi will drum up aid for Myanmar and also meet Burmese nationals based in Japan.
On Sunday, Suu Kyi traveled to Kyoto in central Japan. She rode on a shinkansen train from Tokyo to the ancient Japanese capital, where she resided as a visiting scholar from 1985 to 1986. At the station, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate received a rousing welcome from compatriots living in Japan as well as many Japanese.
From there she inspected a small hydroelectric power generator utilizing river current at Arashiyama mountain. She also gave lectures at Kyoto University and Ryukoku University. It was only after Myanmar's transition to democracy in 2011 that Suu Kyi made her first overseas trip in 24 years, visiting Thailand last May.
She has since traveled to Europe, including Norway, Britain and France, as well as to the United States, India and South Korea. In December 2011 in Yangon, Suu Kyi met then Japanese foreign minister Koichiro Gemba, who invited her to visit Japan.
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