ISLAMABAD: Japanese ambassador to Pakistan Kuninori Matsuda offers all out support of the government and companies to impart training through its development agency JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) to the unskilled and semi-skilled labour force of Pakistan to enable them live and work in Japan.[the_ad id=”31605″]Ambassador of Japan today called on Adviser to Prime Minister on Establishment Mohammad Shehzad Arbab at the Prime Minister’s Office, Islamabad. Pak-Japan bilateral relations with focus on technical cooperation were discussed during the meeting, Press Information Department PID reported.

He said that Japan has opened its markets for certain countries and Pakistan is one of the target country for absorption of labour force in various areas of interest like textiles, IT, automobile, Agri and food industry.

He said that Japan considers Pakistan a great trading partner and is keen to work with the new government to enhance bilateral cooperation.

Referring to the governance approach adopted in Japan, the Shahzad Arbab said that Pakistan aims at further enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the bureaucracy through comprehensive civil reforms and that Pakistan can benefit from certain aspects of governance model of Japan especially personnel management and training of officers.