To celebrate the upcoming 81^st birthday of the Emperor of Japan Akihito, the Japanese ambassador to Nepal Masahi Ogawa hosted a reception at his residence. The chief guest of the reception was vice president Parmananda Jha.The chief guest of the reception was vice president Parmananda Jha.

People from different walk of life including Ministers, chairman of Constituent Assembly, Kathmandu based foreign ambassadors, former Nepalese diplomats, Business communities, Japanese citizens living in Nepal and other were also present.

Addressing the program, Japanese ambassador to Nepal Masahi Ogawa said that numbers of exchange of visit from both the countries took place this year including the visit of Nepal’s foreign minister Mahendra Pandey.

He said Japan continue to support Nepal’s development activities.

During the program, a group of senior citizens from Japan also played traditional Japanese musical instrument.