Students of Roots Millennium School (RMS) are on a study tour of Japan (15-24 October 2015). Earlier students of RMS participated in the World’s Biggest Painting Exhibition which is to travel to the Rio Olympics 2016, organized by the Japanese NPO the Earth Identity Project of Madame Kawahara.
The Honourable First Lady of Japan met with the RMS students at an inauguration ceremony at Tokyo International Airport Haneda where the paintings will be displayed. The students also visited Japanese Foreign Ministry where Section Chief of Pakistan gave an interesting pictorial Power Point Presentation on Pakistan-Japan relations in the International Conference Room followed by Q/A session and tour to different Divisions of the Foreign Ministry.
To understand the Japanese Parliamentary system, students visited The Diet (Parliament of Japan) which provided them an opportunity to gain a wider knowledge about the Japanese Parliament, its history and the importance of democracy. Students were briefed in detail at the office of Mr. Eto, Chairman of Japan-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship League (JPPFL). They also visited the office of the President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Honourable Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
In order to nurture future generations of Pakistan, Ambassador Farukh Amil continues to promote such visits and exchanges. With the focus on education particularly in science and technology, the Ambassador arranged for the children to visit the Association for Technological Excellence Promoting Innovative Advances (TEPIA), Cosmo Planetarium, National Science Museum, the Disaster Prevention Experience-Learning Facility (TMS) and National Museum of Engineering Science and Innovation (MIRAIKAN).
In order to learn about the culture and arts of Japan a special Cultural Day was organized which included Origami, the Tea Ceremony and Kimono art, all aspects central to Japanese culture. The students were encouraged to emulate the hard-working Japanese students and therefore participated in hosting and cleaning up after the cultural event.
