CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, LEFT HERE ON TUESDAY EVENING FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO JAPAN AS PART OF A THREE-NATION ASIAN TOUR, WHICH WILL ALSO TAKE HIM TO SINGAPORE AND PAKISTAN. THE CROWN PRINCE'S ASIAN TOUR IS IN RESPONSE TO OFFICIAL INVITATIONS EXTENDED TO HIM BY THE LEADERS OF THE THREE COUNTRIES. HE WAS SEEN OFF AT KING KHALED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY PRINCE ABDULRAHMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION, A NUMBER OF OTHER PRINCES AND SENIOR OFFICIALS. PRINCE SULTAN IS ACCOMPANIED BY A DELEGATION INCLUDING PRINCE FAISAL BIN SAUD BIN MOHAMMED AND A NUMBER OF SENIOR OFFICIALS.