KATHMANDU: Former Prime Minister and Chairperson of Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” has reached Tokyo this morning on a five-day visit to Japan.
Nepali Ambassador to Japan Durga Bahadur Subedi welcomed Chair Dahal at Narita International Airport.
He left Kathmandu for Japan on Friday night to attend an event at the invitation of Nepali People’s Progressive Forum Japan, Dahal is scheduled to inaugurate the Nepal Festival ceremony to be held in Fakuoka, Japan Saturday.
He will visit Hiroshima on Sunday, according to his secretariat. He will also take part in an interaction on ‘Concerns of Migrant Nepalis in the Economic Revolution, the Foundation for a Prosperous Nepal’ organized by the Nepali People’s Progressive Forum Japan on Sunday in Tokyo.
During his stay in Japan, Dahal is scheduled to meet with the leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, according to his secretariat.
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