The Parliamentary Hearing Committee put Jigyan Kumar Thapa's nomination as Nepal's ambassador to Japan on hold after his hearing on October 14, while endorsing 10 other nominees and rejecting two. It asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through Nepal's embassy in Tokyo, whether Thapa has given up his Japanese permanent residency and whether he received salary or benefits from Japanese government funds. Thapa told the hearing he had renounced his residency, and acknowledged that his wife still holds Japanese residency and that a house in Japan is in her name.
Japanese authorities have declined to provide the details, citing privacy, according to foreign ministry officials quoted by the Kathmandu Post on October 30. Under parliament's rules, the nomination is treated as approved if the committee does not decide within 45 days, which for Thapa ends on November 5. Committee chair Bodh Narayan Shrestha said the committee would either reject or endorse him before then.
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Japan has declined to share personal details about Jigyan Kumar Thapa, Nepal's nominee for ambassador to Japan, according to foreign ministry officials, leaving the Parliamentary Hearing Committee to decide on his nomination by November 5.
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