Japan’s Ehime Prefecture Governor leads a high-level delegation to Tamil Nadu, Gurugram

New Delhi/Gurugram: On their way to look for investment opportunities and sourcing skilled manpower, Tokihiro Nakamura, Governor of Ehime Prefecture of Japan led a high-level delegation to Tamil Nadu and Gurugram on Wednesday. The delegation comprised of 70 senior officials from Ehime Economic and Labor Department, Industrial Policy Division, Industrial Human Resources Division, Ehime Prefecture Small and Medium Enterprise Association, and other representative associations as well as large industries and banks.

After signing a MoU with the industries department of Tamil Nadu on environment technologies on Tuesday followed by a meeting with the state chief minister MK Stalin, the delegation also visited RECT NIHON Centre Tirunelvoli in Tamil Nadu. The next day on Wednesday it visited Aju Nihon Edutech Centre in Gurugram near New Delhi.

Tokihiro Nakamura Governor of Ehime Prefecture was accompanied by Yasuto Takayama, Chairman of Ehime Prefectural Assembly; Satoshi Oki, Ehime Prefecture Overseas Business Development Support Advisor; Takehiko Matsuda, Director, Economic and Labor Department; Kazuma Mori, Industrial Policy Division Manager; Kazuaki Kikuchi, Industrial Policy Division Section Chief; Kazuaki Murakami, Director, Industrial Policy Division; Hiroshige Takahashi, Chief, Industrial Human Resources Division, and others.

Tokihiro Nakamura, Governor of Ehime Prefecture told Asian Community News (ACN) Network that apart from investment opportunities in India, the delegation was exploring the possibilities of sourcing skilled manpower from India. “That’s why we visited Aju Nihon Edutech Centre in Gurugram. We are impressed after interacting with the students being trained here in various skills as well as Japanese language,” he added.

Ehime Governor said that four of the large visiting companies from Japan were in advanced talks with the Tamil Nadu government to invest and collaborate in the state.

Krishnan Narayan, Founder, Nihon Edutech, and Prakash Yadav, AJU Group of Japanese hotels welcomed the delegation. “It was a proud moment for Aju Group of Japanese Hotels to host the Ehime delegation led by Tokihiro Nakamura San (愛媛県知事 中村時弘), Governor of Ehime Prefecture. In a presentation, I made introduced them the functions of the Aju hotel as well as the Aju Nihon Edutech Centre,” said Yadav.

He said that a new training centre would be set up in Neemrana of Rajasthan soon to offer skill development opportunities to local youths.

Other members of the delegation included Hisanori Hiroi, Manager, Industrial Human Resources Division; Kenta Yukisada, Secretary Department Secretary; Masashi Yamamoto, Parliamentary Secretariat Secretary to the Chairman, Ehime Prefecture Small and Medium Enterprise Association; Tadashi Hattori, Director/Chairman, Central Association of Small and Medium Enterprises Association/Ehime Prefecture Paper and Pulp Industry Association; and Toshiko Noda, Foreign Technical Intern Trainee Acceptance Association Council/Ehime Fashion Industry Cooperative Director/Chairman.

Yutaka Oka President and Representative Director, Ehime Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.; Kiyoshi Saeki, Chairman, Seto Chuo Tech Cooperative Association; Toru Inagaki, Secretary General, Central Association of Small and Medium Enterprises Associations; Takuro Kamakura, Director, Central Association of Small and Medium Enterprises Associations, Ehime Prefecture Chamber of Commerce and Industry Federation; Hideshi Watanabe, Chairman/Chairman/Representative Director of Higashichuyo District Chamber of Commerce/Shukuso Chamber of Commerce/Mitsuwa Electric Co., Ltd.; Mitsutoshi Oki, Ochi Chamber of Commerce/Shinhiro Shipping Co., Ltd. Chairman/Representative Director; Hiroshi Ikeda Uchiko, Town Chamber of Commerce/Ikeda Taxi Co., Ltd. Chairman/Representative Director; Yuji Yamauchi Honai, Town Chamber of Commerce/Shikoku Brush Industry Co., Ltd. Chairman/Representative Director; Tetsuya Takada Chairman/Representative Director, Kihoku Town Chamber of Commerce/Takada Shoten Co., Ltd.; Shoichiro Matsushita Executive Director, Ehime Prefecture Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Ehime Association of Corporate Executives; Yoshifumi Oda, Ehime Association of Corporate Executives/Nissin Sangyo Co., Ltd. General Affairs and Planning Committee Chairman/Representative Director and President; Yoshiyuki Tanaka Ehime Association of Corporate Executives/Development Bank of Japan Co., Ltd. Vice Chairman of Management Strategy Committee/Director of Matsuyama Office; Yoko Mizuguchi, Ehime Association of Corporate Executives/Concierge Culture and Arts Committee Vice-Chairman/Representative Director; Makoto Ozaki Ehime Association of Corporate Executives/Daio Kaiun Recruit Co., Ltd. Vice-chairman of the Overseas Market and Human Resources Committee/President and Representative Director; Toshikazu Takechi, Managing Director, Ehime Association of Corporate Executives; Koichi Kihara, Managing Director, Iyo Bank, Ltd.; Noriyuki Yano Managing Director, Ehime Bank, Ltd.; Kenji Yamamoto, Ehime Bank, Ltd. Solution Sales Department Manager Companies within the prefecture; Hidenori Ishiguro, Sub-manager, International Business Unit, Environmental Business Headquarters, Japan N.U.S. Co., Ltd.; Kanako Seki, Japan NUS Co., Ltd. Environmental Business Headquarters International Business Unit news organization; Yusuke Matsumoto, Ehime Shimbun; Hirotada Matsuoka, Nankai Broadcasting; Emi Arita, Fuji Travel Service Co., Ltd. Expert; and Yuzo Yoshino, Iyo Bank Ltd. Singapore Branch (seconded from Ehime Prefecture).