When it comes to Japan, many people might think of a world-leading creator of advanced high-tech equipment. However, the country of the rising sun is famous for agricultural, fishery, and food products which are being promoted to export to many countries, including Vietnam. In an interview with The Saigon Times, Watanabe Nobuhiro, consul general of Japan in HCMC, talked about the potential and expectations to foster the flourishing bilateral ties including food and agro-forestry-fishery field between Vietnam and Japan.