KATHMANDU, July 31: Four members of the House of Representatives of Japan, led by TAKEBE Arata, Chair of the Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs, visited Nepal from July 27 to 30, 2024. The delegation also included MAKIHARA Hideki, MICHISHITA Daiki, and OGUCHI Yoshinori. It was the first high-level visit from Japan after the formation of a new government led by Prime Minister KP Oli on July 14, 2024.
According to a statement issued by the Embassy of Japan, during their visit, they paid courtesy calls on Ram Chandra Paudel, President of Nepal, Prakash Man Singh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development, Sharat Singh Bhandari, Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security, and Arzu Rana Deuba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and discussed various aspects of the Japan-Nepal bilateral relations, including the people-to-people exchanges, Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) Program and Technical Intern Training Program (TITP), economic cooperation and investment. The Japanese delegation also had a meeting with the Nepal Japan Parliamentary Friendship League, led by Narayan Khadka, followed by a luncheon hosted by the League.
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The delegation also visited various entities in Kathmandu to observe the education and training of the young Nepalis before traveling back to Japan. At the Nepal-Japan Sewa Center, the Empowering Asia Language and Culture Center, the Japantown and the DN International and Kantipur Japanese Language Center, the MPs met many hard-working young Nepali students and workers and were very impressed by the enthusiastic atmosphere, the statement mentioned.
