Rwanda inaugurated its first honorary consulate in Japan’s Kansai area, opening an workplace that’s anticipated to deepen enterprise, tutorial and people-to-people ties between the 2 nations.
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The workplace was inaugurated in Kobe on Tuesday, September 15 in a ceremony presided over by Rwanda's Ambassador to Japan Marie Claire Mukasine and Yasushi Misawa, consultant of the federal government of Japan and ambassador answerable for Kansai affairs.
Kenji Fukuoka has been recognised as Rwanda’s Honorary Consul and can lead the workplace in Kobe.
The ceremony was additionally attended by members of the Kansai consular corps, former Japanese ambassadors to Rwanda, together with Ambassadors Imai, Miyashita and Fukushima, private-sector representatives and Mates of Rwanda.
The brand new honorary consulate is predicted to strengthen Rwanda’s connections with the Kansai area by creating extra alternatives for collaboration between Rwandan and Japanese entrepreneurs, universities, researchers, younger professionals and traders.
It should function an extra platform for enterprise, tutorial, cultural and people-to-people exchanges, bringing stakeholders from the 2 sides nearer and supporting new areas of cooperation.
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Ambassador Mukasine expressed appreciation to Honorary Consul Fukuoka for his “dedication to Rwanda and for his contribution to cultivating friendship, understanding and cooperation between Rwanda and Japan.”
She additionally thanked Kobe Mayor Kizo Hisamoto, who visited Rwanda in Might 2016 with a enterprise delegation, in addition to the Japanese authorities and other people, the Kansai consular corps, pals of Rwanda and others who contributed to the institution of the workplace.
