{"id":107913,"date":"2026-03-07T14:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=107913"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:29:56","slug":"bhutan-turns-to-japan-for-cooperation-in-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=107913","title":{"rendered":"Bhutan Turns To Japan For Cooperation In Development."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thimphu; March 2026<\/strong>: Bhutan’s foreign minister Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel has called for Japan’s support in achieving the Himalayan nation’s initiative of establishing an autonomous region balancing urban development with nature and well-being. The Foreign Minister has reiterated that an “important area where Bhutan would welcome strengthened cooperation with Japan is the Gelephu Mindfulness City”, which is envisioned as a “global hub for mindful, sustainable and future-oriented development”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel has further asserted that Bhutan hopes to delve into Japan’s expertise in high-quality urban development, disaster resilience, advanced technology and sustainable financing. With the two countries marking 40 years of diplomatic ties, Dhungyel said Bhutan hopes to deepen cooperation with Japan across a range of areas from technology and innovation to quality infrastructure and green growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of Gelephu Mindfulness City, a vision proposed by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in 2023, is Gross National Happiness, a development index introduced by Bhutan that considers citizens’ well-being alongside prosperity. It has shaped the development policy of the landlocked country in South Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Bhutan aiming to become a “high-income Gross National Happiness economy by 2034”, the minister said Japan is vital in advancing the goal of improving the lives of Bhutanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed city would be a “special administrative region” in southern Bhutan under a governance model with legislative, executive and judicial autonomy. The city would encourage young people to seek economic opportunities there instead of going abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhutan’s relationship with Japan began in 1964 with the arrival of Keiji Nishioka, a Japanese botanist who helped modernize the country’s farming practices. The two countries established diplomatic relations in March 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, an agreement was signed for Japan to provide 280 million yen ($1.8 million) in grant aid for geotechnical laboratory equipment, as well as technical training on the use, calibration, and maintenance of the equipment, to bolster Bhutan’s capacity for countering landslide disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhutan’s prime minister, Tshering Tobgay, will visit Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to further deepen friendly and cooperative bilateral ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Maverick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thimphu; March 2026: Bhutan’s foreign minister Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel has called for Japan’s support in achieving the Himalayan nation’s initiative of establishing an autonomous region balancing urban development with nature and well-being. The Foreign Minister has reiterated that an “important area where Bhutan would welcome strengthened cooperation with Japan is the Gelephu Mindfulness City”, which …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":107914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[81],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"class_list":["post-107913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107915,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107913\/revisions\/107915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107913"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_format&post=107913"},{"taxonomy":"flags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fflags&post=107913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}