Symposium on Creating a Multicultural Society with Foreign Communities

His Excellency Dr. Durga Bahadur Subedi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nepal to Japan, holds master’s degrees from Tribhuvan University and the University of Leeds, and has earned doctoral degrees from Tribhuvan University and Lumbini Buddhist University. He has served in various diplomatic capacities at the Embassy of Nepal in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations in New York, and the Embassy of Nepal in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Subsequently, he was appointed as Ambassador of Nepal to the United Kingdom, concurrently accredited to Ireland and the Republic of Malta. He assumed his current post in August 2022.

In addition to his ambassadorial roles, Dr. Subedi has served as Nepal’s Permanent Representative to several international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Coffee Organization (ICO), the World Energy Council (WEC), and the International Tea Committee (ITC). He is also widely recognized as a distinguished literary figure, having authored more than fifty publications in both English and Nepali.

Ambassador Mylene J. Garcia-Albano is a seasoned public servant and lawyer with a distinguished career in government.

Appointed in 2022 as the Philippine Ambassador to Japan, she brings with her decades of experience in public service, law, and legislative leadership.

A trailblazer from the start, she ranked 3rd in the 1990 Philippine Bar Examinations and was the first female president of the Ateneo Law School Student Government. She served three consecutive terms as Congresswoman for Davao City's 2nd District, where she held key leadership positions, including Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments. Her earlier roles span the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Office of Senator Mar Roxas, and various legal and administrative posts.

Ambassador Garcia-Albano holds degrees from The George Washington University and Marymount College in the U.S., and is married to the Governor of Isabela, Rodolfo T. Albano III. They have a son.

Ambassador Mukhsinkhuja Abdurakhmonov, the Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Japan, studied abroad at California State University, Chico while attending Tashkent State University of Economics. He later completed programs at the Academy of State and Social Construction under the President of Uzbekistan, earned a master’s degree from Otaru University of Commerce, and obtained a doctorate from Hokkaido University.

After working in the private sector and as a postdoctoral researcher at Hokkaido University, he held several key positions including Deputy Governor of Fergana Region, Director of the Investment and Trade Department, and Head of the Foreign Investment Division in the Department of Economic Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan. Since July 2021, he has been serving as the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Japan.

He speaks Russian, Tajik, English, Japanese, and Arabic, and is a father of four children.

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Hitotsubashi University, Ms. Nobuko Fukuhara joined the Ministry of Justice. She has consistently been involved in immigration administration, serving as Director of the Policy Planning Division of the Immigration Services Agency, Director of the Haneda Airport Branch Office of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau, and Director of the Yokohama Branch Office of the same bureau. She has held her current position since July 2023.