LAHORE: Senior Japanese diplomat Yusuke Shindo on Friday said that Pakistanhas a huge expanding economy as compared to Japan’s which was shrinking.
In his interaction with students during his lecture on ‘Japanese Cultureand Education’ at Forman Christian College (FCC) here, he said the youthmade up 60 per cent of the Pakistani society whilst Japanese societyconsisted of more old people, adding that Japan was working on to transferthe expertise to the younger generation.
The lecture had been conducted by the Center for Public Policy andGovernance, FCC in collaboration with the Pakistan Japan CulturalAssociation.
The seasoned diplomat said the advantage of a huge youth populationprovided Pakistan with an opportunity to make economic leaps.
The Deputy Chief of Mission at the Japanese Embassy in Islamabad, duringthe lecture, gave a detailed multimedia presentation to the students onJapan, its economy, culture and education.
He told the students there was one common language across Japan while alleducation was in the Japanese language with no reliance on foreign language.
He added Japanese scientists and men of letters had won 27 Noble prizes.
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He said Japan became the second strongest economy of the world in 1968 andwas only dethroned by China in 2010 which had a huge population as comparedwith Japan.
The diplomat talked about the strong economic ties between Pakistan andJapan, adding that Japan supported Pakistan in many ways over the years.
Shindo told the students that social harmony was the backbone of Japanesesociety and the Japanese believed in humility and respect to all othernations of the world.
Director, Center for Public Policy and Governance (CPPG) Dr Saeed Shafqatpresented a memento to the Japanese Deputy Chief of Mission Yusuke Shindo.
