The former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been conferred with the Netaji Award 2022 by the Netaji Research Bureau, based in Kolkata. The award was presented by the Bureau on January 23, 2022 to commemorate 125th birth anniversary celebration of the legendary freedom fighter, Subhas Chandra Bose at his Elgin Road residence in Kolkata.
Consul general of Japan in Kolkata, Nakamura Yutaka, received the honour on behalf of Abe at a function organised by the bureau at the Elgin Road residence here of the national icon.
Japanese Ambassador to India – Satoshi Suzuki
