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King Salman arrives in Japan for four-day visit

Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Tokyo Sunday, creating the primary visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich nation in nearly 5 decades.

The 81-year-old king, United Nations agency was greeted by Japan's prince Naruhito at Haneda flying field, can meet prime minister Shinzo Abe on Monday and as he kicks off the japanese leg of a broader tour of Asia.

Salman, United Nations agency can visit 83-year-old Emperor Akihito on Tues, is movement with a lavish gathering calculable at over one,000 people.

Some 1,200 rooms at Tokyo's luxury hotels are reserved by the delegation for the three-night keep through Wed, in step with native media, that has additionally reported  that many limousines are brought into the capital to accomodate the guests.

Saudi Arabia is that the largest supplier of oil exports for Japan, that depends on geographical region for energy to power the world's third largest economy.

Japan hopes to use the visit to widen its relations with Saudi Arabia and facilitate the country's efforts to diversify its economy, as well as exploring ways in which to extend Japanese investments in non-energy sectors like producing, in step with officers.

King Salman's arrival marks the primary visit to Japan by a Saudi leader since the 1971 visit to Japan by then-King Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud.

King Salman himself, however, last visited Japan in 2014 as a prince.

The king is on a month-long tour of Asia, that has already taken him to Malaya and land.

After Japan, he's scheduled  to go to China and also the Maldives.

Maldivian opposition parties on weekday raised objections to the planned visit and warned that they'd stage protests over reports that Saudi business interests were shopping for a whole coral reef within the politically-troubled ocean republic.