AKAMATSU Shuichi, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, visited the Islamabad Campus of Bahria University for the first time and exchanged views on further cooperation with Rector Bahria University, Vice Admiral Abid Hameed HI (M) , at the Rector’s room on September 24. Afterwards, Ambassador Akamatsu participated in a handover ceremony and presented the diverse collection of books under the “READ JAPAN PROJECT”, launched by the Nippon Foundation in 2008, and currently administered by the Tokyo Foundation to promote the global understanding of Japan through literature, the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan today handed over around 100 books to the Bahria University, Islamabad.
The selection made by the university are in English language spanning Japan’s history, politics, economy, security, international relations, philosophy, literature, language, culture and more.
Ambassador Akamatsu, while speaking on the occasion, congratulated students and faculty, stating that the collections will serve as “a bridges of knowledge.” “I hope that the students of Bahria University will continue to make the most of these opportunities and become the next generation of bridges between Japan and Pakistan,” he added. Ambassador Akamatsu happily noted that there has been a steadily growing interest in Japan among Pakistani youth.
