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Jamaat Ameer arrives in Japan on a 7-day visit

Greenwatch Desk Diplomacy 2026-05-02, 9:57pm

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Leader of the Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad and Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has arrived in Japan on a seven-day visit.


He landed at Narita International Airport in Tokyo at 3:45pm local time on Saturday.

At the airport, central leaders of Islamic Mission Japan, led by its Central President Hafez Saber Ahmed, along with expatriate businessmen and professionals from various sectors, warmly welcomed him.

Jamaat's central executive council member Saiful Alam Khan Milon and Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Ameer Barrister Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem Arman MP, are accompanying him.

During this visit, Shafiqur Rahman will participate in a reception organized by the Bangladeshi community, various seminars, and courtesy meetings with high-level officials of the Government of Japan, reports UNB.

Earlier, the Jamaat Ameer departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2:45 am on Saturday for his visit to Japan.

He is scheduled to return to Dhaka on May 9.