On April 17, the Japanese government co-hosted the Pakistan Donors Conference in Tokyo. The place for the conference was Fuyonoma (which means Confederate Rose Room in English) on the first floor of the Hotel New Otani. It is a 600 to 1,400-person banquet hall. Here, the PHP Research Institute holds a symposium every November. You may receive an invitation card for the symposium from us.
At the conference, the Tokyo government expressed a decision to extend US$1 billion in assistance. It had extended ODA loans of 48 billion yen for Pakistan's infrastructure development last May. On April 7 this year, it had also determined to increase emergency assistance for internally displaced people as results of a fight against extremism in Pakistan. Our government is broad-minded.
According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the representatives of 31 countries and 18 international organizations & agencies attended the conference. But, I did not see all faces of the representatives through the media.
On the website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister met the representatives of Pakistan, UAE, Turkey, Iran, Australia and South Korea. I did not find descriptions except for them. Where were 24 representatives? Was it difficult for Mr. Nakasone to find time to meet each representative separately?
On the same day, the IOC Evaluation Commission visited Tokyo to see Tokyo as a site proposed for Olympic Game in 2016. I thought that news media covered this event more than the Donors Conference. I wondered which was more important for Japan and the Japanese people.
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