Hanoi: Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono, left, shakes hands with his Vietnam's counterpart Pham Binh Minh at the 10th Viet Nam - Japan Cooperation Committee meeting at the Government Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday —Photo: AP

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