Myanmar's Suu Kyi plans cherry blossom visit to Japan

"Aung San Suu Kyi said she wants to visit Japan for the cherry blossom blooming, which means in March or April," said Yohei Sasakawa, Japan's goodwill ambassador to Myanmar for the welfare of ethnic minorities.
Sasakawa met with Suu Kyi on Sunday in Naypyitaw, where she took up her seat in parliament earlier this month.
"She said she wanted to visit Japan separately, not as part of her trip to the USA, which she said would be impolite," Sasakawa told a press conference in Yangon.
Suu Kyi, 67, is to visit the United States in September, following a visit to Europe in June and a trip to neighbouring Thailand on May 29-June 2, which marked her first foray abroad in 23 years.//DPA