Tokyo envoy seeks school for Japanese kids in Gurugram

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 9

Japan has sought Haryana’s cooperation in setting up a Japan-India institute for manufacturing in the state for imparting skill training to the youth in the manufacturing sector.

The request was made by the Ambassador of Japan in India Kenji Hiramatsu, when he, along with a high-level delegation, called on Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar here today. Japanese electronics major Panasonic would soon set up its refrigerator factory in Jhajjar, he added.

Assuring support and cooperation to Japanese companies, the Chief Minister said they should contribute maximum to development through corporate social responsibility.

A working group under the Chief Secretary had been set up to resolve issues concerning the investment from Japanese companies.

Six power substations of 200 kilowatt each would be installed in Gurugram within six months to meet contingency, if any, especially in the Bahadurgarh Industrial estate as well as in the areas around Gurugram, Manesar and Bawal.

Hiramatsu requested the Chief Minister to start one or two schools, preferably in Gurugram, for Japanese students. At present, units set up by about 341 Japanese companies were operational in the state and about 2,500 Japanese nationals resided here, he added.

He informed the Chief Minister that statistics revealed that the maximum companies which came to India in 2016 had set up units in Haryana, which was a testimony to Japan’s faith in Haryana.