The Japanese Foundation donated more than 150 books in English to the State Library of Turkmenistan

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan for Parliamentary Affairs Yuumi Yoshikawa took part in the ceremony of handing over 156 books in English about Japanese culture, history and economy as a gift to the State Library of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan, the official Turkmen press reports.
Earlier, in honor of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries last year, the Japanese government donated 53 books to the International University for the Humanities and Development. Recently, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan acquired similar books on history. All of them were dedicated to the Land of the Rising Sun.
The transfer of books on a gratuitous basis takes place within the framework of the Read Japan Project with the support of the Japanese fund The Nippon Foundation.
Yuumi Yoshikawa heads the Japanese delegation that arrived in Ashgabat to discuss bilateral partnership. Thus, the representative of the Japanese Foreign Ministry has already held talks with the head of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov.

source: orient news