Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs in charge of South Asia Region Seiji Kihara arrived.  During his stay in Kathmandu, courtesy called to dignitaries of the Government of Nepal and meetings with political leaders are expected.  Besides, he inspected National Tuberculosis Center and Kathmandu-Bhaktapur road which were constructed in 1987 and 2010 respectively under the Japanese grant assistance program.

The Government and people of Japan are ready to assist Nepal's effort to this end and ready to go along with people of Nepal, and also confident that the friendly and cooperative relation that so happily exist between the two countries will be further strengthened in the days ahead.