Takashi Miyaharais a Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

ese tourism entrepreneur and politician, born in Nagano, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Miyahara has lived over 40 years in Nepal.

Miyahara hold a Bachelor's degree in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering from Nihon University

Nihon University

Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....

, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. When he moved to Nepal, he began working for the Department of Cottage Industry of Nepal.

Miyahara is the chairman of the boards of Himalaya Hotel in Kathmandu and Trans Himalaya Treks. Miyahara founded Trans Himalaya Tours in 1968 and a Japanese sister company, Himalaya Kanko Kitatsu, in 1969. The following year, he founded Trans Himalayan Trekking.

In 2006, Miyahara founded the Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party

Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party

Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party is a political party in Nepal, led by Takashi Miyahara....

. He became citizen of Nepal, in order to be able to work politically. At the 2008 election of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly, none of the candidates won the seat.