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Laotian prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before holding talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Laotian prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (L side, 2nd from front) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R side, front) hold talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013. Abe is holding a fan called in Japanese "uchiwa" with a picture of the prime ministers shaking hands, which was made in Laos with technical cooperation from Marugame City in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan.

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Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and five Mekong basin countries -- (from L to R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan -- pose for a group photo before their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013. The Mekong-Japan summit was held on the sidelines of the summit of leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of ASEAN countries and Japan (from L to R) - Myanmar's President Thein Sein, Philippine President Benigno Aquino, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan - join hands for a group photo at the State Guest House in Tokyo before their summit on Dec. 14, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japanese prime minister in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong hold a joint press conference in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 17, 2013.

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Japanese prime minister in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong shake hands after a joint press conference in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 17, 2013.

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Japanese prime minister in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong head for a joint press conference in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 17, 2013.

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Japanese prime minister in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Combination photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong holding talks in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 17, 2013.

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ASEAN-Japan summit

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (5th from L) and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations join hands prior to the ASEAN-Japan summit meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Oct. 9, 2013. They are (from L) Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Abe, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

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ASEAN human rights declaration

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - During a summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh on Nov. 18, 2012, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (far L), Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd from L) and Laos' Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (far R) attend the signing ceremony of an ASEAN human rights declaration.

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ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Leaders join hands at the summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh on Nov. 18, 2012. Shown (from L to R) are Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos' Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and Myanmar's President Thein Sein.

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Asia-Europe summit in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (L) and Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong shake hands as an Asia-Europe Meeting summit wraps up in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 6, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Japanese PM Noda in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong head for talks at an airport in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on Nov. 4, 2012, prior to the Asia-Europe Meeting summit to be held Nov. 5 and 6. (Pool photo)

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Japanese PM Noda in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong finish breaking the lid of a sake barrel during a ceremony at an airport in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on Nov. 4, 2012, prior to the Asia-Europe Meeting summit to be held Nov. 5 and 6. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese PM Noda in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far R) and Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (3rd from L) hold talks at an airport in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on Nov. 4, 2012, prior to the Asia-Europe Meeting summit to be held Nov. 5 and 6. (Pool photo)

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Japanese PM Noda in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong break the lid of a sake barrel during a ceremony at an airport in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on Nov. 4, 2012, prior to the Asia-Europe Meeting summit to be held Nov. 5 and 6. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's crown prince meets Laotian premier

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) holds talks with Thongsing Thammavong, prime minister of Laos, in Vientiane on June 29, 2012. The crown prince arrived in Laos the same day on the final leg of his three-nation tour of Southeast Asia.

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Japan-Mekong summit

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and five Mekong basin nations attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Tokyo on April 21, 2012. From L are Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Mekong summit

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and five Mekong basin nations pose for photos before their meeting in Tokyo on April 21, 2012. From L are Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Mekong summit

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and five Mekong basin nations pose for photos before their meeting in Tokyo on April 21, 2012. From L are Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. (Pool photo)

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Laotian prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands at the latter's office in Tokyo on March 16, 2012.

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Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks in an investment seminar at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2015. Thongsing is on a four-day visit to Japan through March 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks in an investment seminar at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2015. Thongsing is on a four-day visit to Japan through March 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks in an investment seminar at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2015. Thongsing is on a four-day visit to Japan through March 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks in an investment seminar at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2015. Thongsing is on a four-day visit to Japan through March 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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East Asian Summit in Kuala Lumpur

(From L) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, U.S. President Barack Obama, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and South Korean President Park Geun Hye pose for a group photo during the 10th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Nov. 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pledges $11 mil. to Laos for dud bomb removal, development

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong shake hands before their talks in Tokyo on July 4, 2015. According to an accord they signed, Japan will provide grant aid totaling $11 million to help Laos speed up the removal of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam War and prepare for hosting ASEAN meetings in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pledges $6.1 bil. for development of Mekong nations

(From L) Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Myanmar President Thein Sein attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2015. Japan pledged to give fresh aid worth $6.1 billion (750 billion yen) in official development assistance to five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River over the next three years. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pledges 750 bil. yen for development of Mekong nations

(From L to R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung pose for photos before their summit in Tokyo on July 4, 2015. Japan pledged to give fresh official development assistance worth 750 billion yen ($6.1 billion) to the five nations over the next three years. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Lao PM Thongsing meet in Tokyo

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) talks with visiting Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (2nd from L) at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on March 6, 2015. They agreed to strengthen bilateral economic ties and cooperate on measures for security and against terrorism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Laos to upgrade ties to "strategic partnership"

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong release a joint statement following their meeting in Tokyo on March 6, 2015. They agreed to upgrade bilateral ties to a "strategic partnership." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lao PM keen to help advance creation of ASEAN Economic Community

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavon attends an interview with Japanese media outlets including Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 6, 2015. He expressed his country's readiness to help advance the creation of a more integrated economic community of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations by the end of this year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Laos leaders eye increased political, economic ties

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and his Laotian counterpart Thongsing Thammavong shake hands prior to talks in Tokyo on March 6, 2015. Thongsing, who is on a four-day official visit to Japan through March 7, also had an audience with Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lao leader begins Japan trip

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (R) meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at a Tokyo hotel on March 4, 2015. "We will make efforts to further upgrade the comprehensive partnership our nations have," Kishida said at the outset of their meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lao leader begins Japan trip

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (L) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at a Tokyo hotel on March 4, 2015. "We will make efforts to further upgrade the comprehensive partnership our nations have," Kishida said at the outset of their meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Southeast Asian leaders mark birth of ASEAN community

Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations - (From L) Philippine President Benigno Aquino, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Laos' Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's Prime Minister Joko Widodo and Myanmar's President Thein Sein join hands for a group photo during a signing ceremony for the 2015 Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Community and the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ASEAN 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, on Nov. 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mekong leaders pitch region's economic benefits to Japan, ASEAN

Leaders from five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River pose for a group photo during an investment forum in Tokyo: (From L) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, and Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe hosts dinner for Mekong leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (standing in C) speaks on July 3, 2015 at a dinner party in Tokyo with leaders of Southeastern Asian countries along the Mekong River. Sitting in front are (from L) Myanmar President Thein Sein, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Mekong summit

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and five Mekong basin nations attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Tokyo on April 21, 2012. From L are Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan-Mekong summit

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and five Mekong basin nations pose for photos before their meeting in Tokyo on April 21, 2012. From L are Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan-Mekong summit

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and five Mekong basin nations pose for photos before their meeting in Tokyo on April 21, 2012. From L are Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Laotian prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands at the latter's office in Tokyo on March 16, 2012. (Kyodo)