Najib will hold talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his working visit, made at the invitation of Abe, and also meet with Keiichi Ishii, the infrastructure and transport minister, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday
But Malaysia is strengthening ties with China and Najib made a weeklong trip to the country earlier this month. After the trip he said Malaysia had decided to buy four naval ships from China, it was reported in the Malaysian media.
Last year, Japan was Malaysia’s fourth-largest trading partner with bilateral trade totaling $32.77 billion. Japan also remains the largest foreign investor in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector, and more than 1,400 Japanese companies have operations in Malaysia.
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