Thai PM meets with Japan business leader

Thai PM meets with Japan business leader

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) shakes hands with Japanese business leader Fujio Mitarai in Bangkok on Nov. 30, 2009. Abhisit and Mitarai, president of the country's most powerful business lobby, the Japan Business Federation, agreed to deepen cooperation in the development of roads and harbors in the Mekong region. (Kyodo)

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