Kathmandu, April 30
The Japanese government has awarded Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel with the Grand Cordon of the Order award of the Rising Sun Award.
It was informed by the Japan-based Nepali Embassy in a statement released on Thursday.
The statement explained Paudel is being awarded for playing a vital role in developing the Nepal-Japan bilateral relationships.
In his tenure as the speaker of the House of Representatives (1994-1998), he had formed the Japan-Nepal Friendship Parliamentarian Committee for the member of parliaments from both the governments to exchange their experience and opinions.
