Outgoing consul of Japan in South Africa Jiro Nishimura and his wife, Junko Nishimura, and the Western Cape MEC for Health, Nomafrench Mbombo at the emperor’s birthday event last Tuesday.
The Japanese Consulate of South Africa’s Cape Town office celebrated the Emperor of Japan, Hironomiya Naruhito’s birthday at the Cape Town Hotel School in Granger Bay last Tuesday, February 21.
This was the first time the consulate held a celebration in Cape Town, which was attended by government officials of Japan and South Africa, dignitaries, and members of the Japanese community in Cape Town.