IN THIS NEWSLETTER
1. Chairman Board of Investment visits Japan

2. Ambassador Asad M. Khan called on Vice Minister forFinance
4. Pakistan Embassy hosted a ceremony to honour
organizers / volunteers of Pak-Japan friendship
Festival 2017

3. Ambassador Khan welcomed New Turkish
Ambassador to Japan

5. Quarter Master General, Pakistan Army Lt. General
Javed Mehmood Bukhari visits Japan
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Chairman
Board of Investment visits Japan9.from 26th February to 27th February 2018
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Minister of State and Chairman Board of Investment, Pakistan, Mr. Naeem Y. Zamindar, who visited
Japan addressed a special meeting of the Keidanren on emerging business and investment
opportunities in Pakistan. Keidanren is the premier institution representing business and industry inJapan. Mr. Kiyoshi Miyake, Chair, Policy Sub-Committee, Committee on South Asia, Keidanren in hiswelcoming remarks thanked Mr. Zamindar for visiting the Keidanren and giving a special briefing onPakistan’s economy and investment framework.
Speaking to the members of the committee on South Asia, Mr. Zamindar said that Pakistan’s locationon the cusp of important economic regions, young population and skilled labour force supported byvery rapidly growing technology infrastructure made Pakistan a very attractive destination forinvestment not only for domestic market but also as a production and export hub for rest of the world.
He said that with improved security and a sustained economic turnaround Pakistan is open forbusiness.
Ambassador of Pakistan Asad M. Khan also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the renewedinterest in both capitals to further deepen bilateral engagement duly captured by the convening of anumber of dialogue processes and the visit of Foreign Minister of Japan Mr. Taro Konoto Islamabad
last month. He reiterated Pakistan strong desire to expanding and deepen bilateral trade, investment
and development cooperation provides a strong basis for a comprehensive, sustainable and mutually
beneficial partnership between Pakistan and Japan.

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1Mr. Miyake concluded the session with the hope for stronger economic relations between the twocountries.
Minister of State and Chairman, Board of Investment (BOI), Mr. Naeem Y. Zamindar, also met Mr.
Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Senior Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan. Matters of mutual interest came underdiscussion. Chairman BOI informed Mr. Yamazaki that Pakistan is aiming for a 9% economic growthrate by 2020 and there was a general consensus across political spectrum in Pakistan on achieving
sustained economic growth. He also echoed Price Waterhouse coopers projection that Pakistan will
be joining G-20 by 2030.

Mr. Yamazaki said that Pakistan-Japan relations have a long history. He remarked that given
Pakistan’s low labour cost and large and young population, it represents an attractive environment forJapanese investors.
Minister of State also met with Mr. Yasushi Akahoshi President of Japan External Trade
Organization (JETRO). Mr. Akahoshi apprised him of JETRO’s activities in promoting trade andinvestment cooperation between Japan and Pakistan and presented the results of JETRO survey ofJapanese companies in Asia released this month. In the survey, Pakistan was rated at the top in Asia
by Japanese companies for expected profits in 2018, plans for expansion of operations and hiring oflocal labour force. These results indicate high confidence of Japanese companies in future economic
prospects of Pakistan and quality of labour force.

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In a meeting with the Minister of State, Mr. Teruo Asada, Chairman of Pakistan Japan Business
Cooperation Committee and Chairman of Marubeni Corporation stressed the importance ofcontinuing high-level engagement between the governments and businesses of the two countries anddiscussed the scheduling of the next round of Joint Government Business Dialogue later this year.

Mr. zamindar also met with the representatives of Suzuki Corporation, Sojitz Corporation, Innovation
Network Corporation of Japan, Infrastructure and Environment Finance JBIC to discuss further
investment plans in Pakistan.
Ambassador Asad M. Khan called on H.E. Masatsugu Asakawa
Vice Minister for FinanceAmbassador Asad M. Khan called on H.E. Masatsugu Asakawa,Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs at Okurasho. TheAmbassador reiterated that due to economic turnaround in Pakistan,
the business persons eyed Pakistan as an important destination forinvestment. Ambassador underscored the importance of bilateralrelations between the two countries and discussed ways of enhancing
the same to the benefit of both the countries.

Ambassador Khan welcomed H.E. Dr. Hasan Murat mercan,
the New Turkish Ambassador to Japan

Ambassador Khan welcomed H.E. Dr. Hasan Murat Mercan, the newTurkish Ambassador to Japan in his office. The Ambassador
acknowledged the fact that both Pakistan and Turkey share brotherly
relations since long.

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3Pakistan Embassy hosted a ceremony to honour the contributors ofPakistan-Japan Friendship Festival 2017

An event was organized in the Embassy to honour those organizers, volunteers andsupporters who diligently worked to make the Pakistan-Japan friendship Festival 2017 a bigsuccess. In his address Ambassador Khan praised the hard work and motivation of all thosewho were associated with the festival in one capacity or the other. The Ambassador statedthat these sort of festivals is a major mean to introduce the people life, culture traditions andcuisine of Pakistan to the Japanese people. He stated that the participations of huge numberof people from all walks of life was clear evidence to the fact that the festival generated
immense interest. Ambassador Khan hoped that the festival would become a regular featurein future with added colours.
The Ambassador also distributed certificates among the organizers, performers andvolunteers who made contributions to the huge success of the Pakistan-Japan Friendship
Festival 207.

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4Quarter Master General, Pakistan Army, Lt. General Javed Mehmood Bokhari
visits Japan from 27th February to 5th March 2018
Lt. General Javed Mahmood Bukhari, Quarter Master General of Pakistan Army visited Japan from26th February to 05th March 2018 and held meetings with various Government functionaries ofJapanese Government. During the meeting matters of mutual interest were discussed besides
stressing upon efforts to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the defence forces between thetwo countries.

Call on Mr. Kazuyuki NAKANE State Minister for Foreign Affairs

Met with Mr Seishiro Eto Chairman Japan Pakistan Friendship Group

Prepared by Press Wing, Embassy of Pakistan, Tokyo

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