From: His Majesty, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
To: His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister, Office of The Prime Minister,Tokyo,Japan.
Your Excellency,
I am pleased to send my warmest congratulations to you on the occasion of His Imperial Majesty Akihito, the Emperor of Japan's 82nd Birthday anniversary.
It was a pleasure seeing you in Kuala Lumpur last November during the ASEAN Summit and I look forward to more opportunities to further enhance the personal ties and valuable bilateral relations between our two countries.
With my kindest regards and very best wishes for your continued good health and happiness.
SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH
OF BRUNEI