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Two Lankans conferred ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ by Japan
View(s):The ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ was conferred by the Government of Japan on two Sri Lankans in recognition of their contributions to enhancing the Japan-Sri Lanka relationship.
One of them is Kosala Rohana Wickramanayake, former President of the Lanka-Japan Friendship Society and former President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka, who contributed to promoting friendly relations and mutual understanding and economic exchange between Japan and Sri Lanka.
Kosala Rohana Wickremanayake
Mr Wickramanayake has also contributed extensively to the promotion of economic relations between Sri Lanka and Japan, including as Managing Director of ‘Kosala Agencies’, an automobile importing company, and as a member of the Sri Lanka-Japan Economic Committee, a forum where such business experience could be utilised in a manner more conducive to the expansion of economic relations between Japan and Sri Lanka, the Japanese Embassy said in a press release.
The other, Athulla Robert Francis Edirisinghe, former President of the Japan Sri Lanka Technical and Cultural Association (JASTECA) was honoured for his contribution in promoting friendly relations, mutual understanding and economic exchange between Japan and
Sri Lanka.
Athulla Robert Francis Edirisinghe
Mr Edirisinghe promoted Japanese management practices to enhance productivity in the Lankan economy, and strengthened economic relations between Japan and Sri Lanka. Since joining JASTECA in 1991, Mr Edirisinghe has engaged in training programmes in Japan to acquire knowledge of Japanese management techniques such as 5S and Kaizen.
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