President of the National Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Fernando La Sama de Araojo and his delegation visited Japan from 8 to 13 February at the invitation of Speaker of the House of Councilors of the Japanese Diet Satsuki Eda. They held a meeting with Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on 12 February 2009. Ambassador Saramento Alves was also at the meeting, along with four students of Hosei University, Kisho Tsuchiya, Mina Furuichi, Chika Suefuji and Mai Mochizuki.