Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo and lauded his efforts with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in deepening ties between the two nations. Kumar, who is accompanied by state road transport minister Nand Kishore Yadav and senior officials from the state, reached Tokyo around noon and began his tour with a luncheon hosted by Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Nakane, an official release said.