Japan honors Ambassador Nabil Fahmy and Judo Hero Mohammad Rashwan
The Japanese Embassy in Cairo said in a statement Tuesday that Fahmi contributed to the bilateral relations between the two countries. The Egyptian-Japanese joint statement was adopted when he was Egypt's Ambassador to Japan in 1999. He also made several contributions to enhancing cooperation between the two countries. In the international arena through his activities as a member of the advisory board of the International Commission for Disarmament and Nonproliferation (2008) and also as a member of the Advisory Council for Human Security (2011).
The Japanese government has also awarded the Judo Champion, Captain Mohammad Ali Rashwan, the Order of the Rising Sun (Class 6 Silver Rays) this year, in recognition of his achievements in contributing to enhancing understanding and knowledge about Japan and judo deployment in Egypt.
Rashwan took part in the 1984 Open Judo Openweight Championship and won the silver medal at the age of 29. He also contributed to judo, soul and Japanese thinking behind him, having played with integrity and honor for Yasuhiro Yamashita, Injured in his foot in the final, and received great respect and appreciation from everyone when he extended his hand to help his opponent Yamashita during the climb to the podium.
Rashwan won the UNESCO International Fair Play Award in the same year, and maintained friendly relations with the judo community as a player and contributed greatly to strengthening Japan-Egypt relations through judo.
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