On December 20, an official welcoming ceremony was held at the Kantei Residence for the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi warmly welcomed the President of Uzbekistan and invited him to the podium.
The national anthems of the two countries were played. The leaders walked past the guard of honor and greeted the members of the official delegations.
A joint photo session took place.
Then the high-level talks commenced.
As part of the working visit to the Russian Federation, a ceremony was held at the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory to present the Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize to President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, and President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
On December 21 in Saint Petersburg, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part, in the status of an observer head of state, in the regular meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.
Following the high-level talks at the Kantei Residence, an official reception was held on behalf of the Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi in honor of the official visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
As part of the official visit to Tokyo, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Yohei Matsumoto, the head of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Tsuyoshi Sugino, and leaders of prominent Japanese universities such as the University of Tsukuba, Nagoya University, Tottori University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, as well as Nagoya University of Economics.
