• BIZ BRIEFS
KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 15
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has appointed Akimitsu Okubo as its new chief representative for JICA Nepal Office. Okubo will take over Yumiko Asakuma who recently completed her tenure in Nepal.
Prior to this assignment, Okubo was working as the senior representative of JICA Nepal Office since August 2021.He began his career in JICA from 1998, mainly working in the governance sector handling international cooperation.
He particularly contributed as the director of Law and Justice Team of Governance Group of JICA headquarters in Tokyo (2014 to 2018) and was responsible in formulation and management of legal projects not only in Nepal but also many other nations, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and West African countries, as per a press statement.
Okubo holds a bachelor's degree of law from the University of Tokyo (1993) and a master's degree of law from Cornell Law School (2005).
A version of this article appears in the print on February 16, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
