Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori met at the Prime Minister's Official Residence with President Goncz Arpad of the Republic of Hungary, who was in Japan as a state guest. President Goncz extended invitations for Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress and Prime Minister Mori to visit Hungary. The Prime Minister noted that Hungary was an important country in Japan's Europe diplomacy and said that he hoped President Goncz's visit would serve as a springboard to strengthening exchange between the two countries in every field.

President Goncz is also a playwright and translator. His play "Iron Bars,"based on his almost six years of imprisonment after the Hungarian uprising of 1956, was performed in Tokyo during his stay.