On 20 December, at the invitation of H.E. Marutei Tsurunen, Chairman, and Mr. Motohiro Oono, Secretary-General of the Japan Parliamentary Group, and its members Messrs. Satsuki Eda, Tsutomu Hata, Momiko Okazaki, Akihiro Hatsushika and others, Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa of Hosei University met with the visiting delegation of Timorese Parliamentarians in the new office building for the members of the House of Councilors. The Timorese delgation consisted of H.E. Manuel Tilman, President of KOTA, Maria de Paixao da Costa, Vice Speaker of the National Parliament, Maria da Solva Viegas, Member of CNRT and Francisco Miranda Branco of FRETILIN.