Puri (Odisha) [India], March 6 (ANI): Consulate General of Japan in Kolkata has organised ‘An Evening in Japan’ in collaboration with India-Japan Friendship Centre and the Hotel Association, Puri in Odisha.
The occasion, held on Thursday, was geared toward Japanese tourism promotion and the trade of tradition between the 2 nations.
Addressing the gathering in Puri, Deputy Consul General of Japan, Ashida Katsunori, mentioned, ‘I learnt about Puri quite a bit after I got here right here. Education performed a key position in Japan’s improvement.’
Katsunori delivered a presentation on Japan as a significant vacationer vacation spot.
Speaking to ANI, Kunna Dash, President of India-Japan Friendship Centre, hailed Puri for attracting Japanese vacationers.
Kunna Dash mentioned, ‘I used to be born in Puri, and I lived in Japan for 35 years. Japan consulate needed a cultural trade between Japan and India. Japan is surrounded by the ocean, and Japanese individuals like Puri because of the seashore. If we additional develop, Puri will appeal to extra vacationers.’
Earlier on Thursday, in keeping with a press launch by the Japanese Foreign Affairs, a delegation of MPs led by Congress chief Manish Tewari gave a courtesy name to the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Kuunimitsu Ayano.
As per the discharge, the Japanese minister said that Japan and India are ‘Special Strategic Global Partners’ which share elementary values and expressed her intention to steadily advance cooperation throughout a variety of fields, together with economic system, funding, and innovation primarily based on the Japan-India Joint Vision for the Next Decade introduced throughout Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Japan in final August.
The Indian delegation said that it wish to contribute to the additional improvement of the bilateral relations.
Furthering the financial ties between the 2 nations, the seventh Joint Committee Meeting underneath the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was held on March 2 in Tokyo, Japan. The assembly was co-chaired by Secretary, Department of Commerce, Rajesh Agrawal, Government of India, and the Senior Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Japan. (ANI)