Japanese official visits Taxila museum

Islamabad: Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Kanasugi Kenji visited the Taxila museum and archaeological sites in the vicinity.

He admired the rich cultural heritage of its ancient Gandhara civilisation in Taxila, which is an attraction for tourists. "The government of Japan recognises the importance of cultural heritage and attaches great value to its preservation and continues to support Pakistan in this area," he said.

Kanasugi Kenji said the government of Japan had provided equipment worth millions of rupees for archaeological research, maintaining and upgrading the facilities needed to preserve the cultural heritage in Pakistan.

He said Japan would continue supporting Pakistan for the protection of cultural heritage including Taxila museum, archaeological and Buddhism heritage sites. The official said the support by the government of Japan would contribute to further promote the religious tourism in Pakistan as envisioned by Prime Minister Imran Khan.