President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will visit Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, in Japan on Saturday, one of the areas that was hit hardest by the recent tsunami.
Using the high-speed Shinkansen train from Tokyo, Yudhoyono and his envoy will drive by car the rest of the way from Ichinosekito Kesennuma, which is more than 500 kilometers from the Japanese capital, Tempointeraktif.com reported.
The President will then visit the Minato Fureai fish market. According to a press release from the Indonesian Embassy in Japan, more than three-quarters of the Kesennuma fishing boats are crewed by Indonesians. Indonesia is popular among Kesennuma residents, as the boats often refuel in Bali.
Yudhoyono is also scheduled to visit the Kesennuma Community Center refugee shelter in a gesture of good will and aid from the Indonesian government and letters from children in Aceh, which was hit by a tsunami in 2005, to Japanese children.
By noon on Saturday, he will receive a visit from Indonesian caregivers and return to Indonesia by 5:30 p.m.
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