KATHMANDU: State Minister for Environment of Japan, Tadahiko Ito, called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the latter's office on Tuesday.

Matters of mutual interest including cooperation and collaboration on climate change and disaster management were discussed during the meeting.

Minister Ito has the schedule to meet the CEO of the National Reconstruction Authority today itself.

He is also attending the Seminar on "Promoting Disaster Waste Disposal" in Kathmandu tomorrow, said a press statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ito is also the Vice President of Nepal-Japan Parliamentarian Friendship League.