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STORY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was welcomed to Paris on Monday with military honors as France and Japan seek to bolster their economic cooperation.

Abe attended a military ceremony with French Minister for Overseas Territories George Pau-Langevin at the Invalides monument where Napoleon Bonaparte is buried, before a meeting with French President Francois Hollande.

Abe is due to attend an OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) forum on Tuesday.