KARACHI: Sindh’s Pakistan-Japan Cultural Association first Vice President and Japanese Consul General former Advisor Mohammad Azmat Shigeyuki Ataka will be awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Rays by the Japanese emperor on May 11 in Tokyo.
Ataka, very popular among the people of Sindh, was also awarded the Pride of Performance by the president of Pakistan in 2012 for his contribution in promoting friendship between Pakistan and Japan.
“The government of Japan has officially announced conferment of the Japan emperor’s award the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Rays to me,” he told APP.
“I will be leaving for Tokyo to receive the award from in a ceremony scheduled to be held on May 11,” said the man of Japanese origin who has adopted Pakistan as his second home and is well settled here for the past 20 years.
Married to a Pakistani lady Asifa Ataka, a known florist and Ikebana expert, Ataka is well recognised for his efforts to strengthen the social and cultural relationship between the two countries.
