Ogata meets with Cuban ambassador

   On August 2, Japanese Communist Party Vice Chair Ogata Yasuo had dinner in Tokyo with Cuban Ambassador to Japan Orlando Hernandez who will leave Japan in August after a four and a half year assignment.

   Expressing his gratitude to the ambassador, Ogata said, “I wish you every success.”

   Hernandez thanked Ogata for the JCP’s cooperation and said that he will make efforts to strengthen the relations between the two countries and the relations with the JCP.

   They exchanged views on the situations in Japan and Latin American countries.                                    - Akahata, August 3, 2007