Japan Wednesday
appointed Jun Sakuma as the Chief Representative of the Japan International
Cooperation Agency Nepal (JICA) Nepal office.
Sakuma has taken over
the job of Tsutomu Shimizu.
Before joining to Nepal
office, Sakuma was working as executive advisor to the director general and
deputy DG for planning and ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)
Partnership, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department in JICA.
He joined JICA in 1989
with his assignment in Expert Assignment Department and worked as deputy
director general and group director of Basic Education Group from 2010 to 2013.
Graduated from Waseda
University of Japan in Law, he obtained his Masters Degree from School of
Education, Stanford University, USA.
Sakuma stated that JICA
Nepal would continue to provide maximum support to the Nepali people and the
government for peace and prosperity. “Nepal Office will expedite its assistance
towards reconstruction and rehabilitation with ‘build back better’ concept and
manner to support the earthquake victims,” he said.
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