1998 News Story  Crown Prince Abdullah interviewed by Japanese
media  Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime
Minister and Commander of the National Guard, was interviewed
today by the Japanese broadcasting and television corporation
prior to his departure from Honera Airport in Tokyo today. He
expressed hope that an oil concession in the area of Al-Khafji
would be renewed for a certain Saudi-Japanese company. He
described relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and
Japan as "firm and deep-rooted" and referred to his talks with
the Japanese as covering all matters of concern to the two
countries, including petroleum.