Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kamikawa Yoko, arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday on an official visit to Nepal. The Minister arrived at the cordial invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Narayan Kaji Shrestha.
The Japanese Minister paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. In the bilateral meetings and talks with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shrestha at the Ministry today, views were exchanged on further elevating Nepal-Japan relations and bilateral cooperation.
Japan seeks cooperation with Nepal on “Women, Peace and Security” (WPS), which the Japanese government has strongly promoted in recent years. WPS is based on the idea that society can be much closer to a more sustainable peace through the participation of women themselves in leadership positions. Nepal is the world’s largest contributor of personnel for UN peacekeeping operations (PKO) and has the largest number of female PKO personnel in the world.
The total number of Nepalese living in Japan exceeds 170,000, the sixth largest number of foreign nationals living in Japan.
Disclaimer: This press release is sourced from News On AIR, Prasar Bharti and Press Information Bureau India (PIB).
