Kathmandu, May 6 -- Concluding a day-long Nepal visit, Kamikawa Yoko, the foreign minister of Japan, returned home on Sunday evening.

In her talks with President Ramchandra Paudel, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha, she brought up the changing geopolitics of Asia while assuring Japanese support to Nepal as it graduates from a least developed country (LDCs) in 2026.

In the delegation-level talks with DPM Shrestha, besides discussing ongoing projects and looking for new avenues of cooperation, Kamikawa also talked about regional geopolitics, two participants in the meeting told the Post.

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