Bangladesh’s Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman is set to travel to Japan for a one-week visit. He will depart from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday, May 2, at 3 a.m. for the trip. According to a press release issued by Jamaat’s central publicity department on Friday night, his return to Dhaka is scheduled for May 9.

Dr. Rahman will be accompanied by two senior party figures: Saiful Alam Khan Milon MP, a member of Jamaat’s central executive council, and Barrister Mir Ahmad Bin Kasem Arman MP, the party chief’s foreign affairs adviser. The announcement did not specify the purpose or agenda of the visit.

The trip marks an official overseas engagement by the opposition leader, though further details about meetings or events in Japan were not provided in the statement.