President Ramchandra Paudel reached Japan on Monday for a four-day official visit. He was received at Narita International Airport by the chief of protocol at Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Toru Maeda, and Nepal’s acting ambassador to Japan Hariharkanta Paudel.

President Paudel is visiting at the invitation of the Japanese government to attend special events marking the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Japan. On Monday, he will attend a reception organised by the Japanese government to commemorate the milestone, the president’s secretariat said.

On Tuesday, he is scheduled for a courtesy audience with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo and meetings with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Iwao Horii will also pay a courtesy call on him.

During his visit, President Paudel will meet members of the Japanese business community and attend a reception hosted in his honour by the Nepali Embassy in Japan.

Nepal and Japan established diplomatic relations on September 1, 1956. Nepal opened its embassy in Tokyo in 1965, while Japan established its embassy in Kathmandu in 1967.

President Paudel is scheduled to return to Nepal on Wednesday, concluding his four-day visit. He departed from Kathmandu on Sunday night.