Overview
- Princess Aiko left Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on November 17 on a commercial flight bound for Vientiane, beginning her first official visit abroad.
- The Lao government invited her as part of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Laos.
- She is due to arrive Monday night via Thailand and is scheduled to return to Japan on November 22.
- Planned engagements include a courtesy call on President Thongloun Sisoulith and a state banquet hosted by Vice President Pany Yathotou.
- Her itinerary features visits to a Japanese-language class, a Japan ODA-built martial arts center, the COPE UXO visitor center, and a Laos–China Railway trip to Luang Prabang to tour the Lao Friends pediatric hospital and Kuang Si Falls.