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Konnichiwa Pune 2022: An open invitation to connect to Japan, its culture, education, and business

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  The India-Japan Business Conference (IJBC)’s flagship annual festival Konnichiwa Pune 2022 is back with a bang in Pune. Celebrating trade, business, culture, food, music, people-to-people connect, the 3-day event Konnichiwa Pune 2022 (November 18 to 20th, 2022), would have three key elements: India-Japan Business Conference, India-Japan Education Conference, and India-Japan Cultural Festival. It’s being co-organized with the Consulate General of Japan, Mumbai. The India-Japan Business Conference is being organised on 18th November at Hotel Sayaji, Pune, India-Japan Education Conference on 19th November at MCCIA, Pune, and India-Japan Cultural Festival on 19th and 20th November at Phoenix Marketcity, Pune. Every year since 2018, the audience from across India including those from Maharashtra as well as in Japan wait with bated breath for this mega Indo-Japan festival. Konnichiwa Pune 2022 is one of the major events the IJBC is organisnig to celebrate throughout the year 2022 as ...

Niti Ayog, DRDO, Def Ministry, I-T Dept, DMRC, KOTRA, DFCCIL, CCIL, IIFCL reps to join 70th Anniversary India-Japan Friendship Golf Cup

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  Senior Indian government and public sector undertaking (PSU) functionaries representing Niti Ayog, Invest India (Japan Plus), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), Container Corporation India Limited (CCIL), International Infrastructure Finance Corporation Limited (IIFCL), Income Tax Department, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), and others would participate in the “70th Anniversary India-Japan Friendship Golf Cup” being organised in Gurugram on October 9. Joonhwa Bin, Managing Director, Southwest Asia, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), a trade promotion arm of the government of Republic of Korea (South Korea) will also participate in the event.  He also happens to be the Honorary Editorial Advisory Board Member constituted by the organisor of this event Asian Community News (ACN) Network. Ambassador of Mongolia H.E. Ganbold Dambajav from the Embassy of Mongolia in New Delhi will also attend the event a...

A part of India’s Guardian ring yoga plan, Japan has over 7 million yoga lovers

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  In recent years, Yoga has become increasingly popular in Japan owing to its several benefits in terms of improving physical and mental health, getting fit, and enrichment of the quality of life. Kunihiko KAWAZU, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Japan to India said that PM Narendra Modi’s meeting with a representative of a Yoga organization in Japan during his visit in May provided a boost to the popularity of Yoga in the country.    “Yoga is already popular amongst more than seven million people of Japan. The importance of intercultural exchanges, such as today’s event, in deepening friendly relations between Japan and India,” Mr. KAWAZU said during a yoga session organised at the Embassy of Japan on June 21, the International Yoga Day in New Delhi...( Read more )