Takashi Miyahara

In this Japanese name, the family name is Miyahara.

Takashi Miyahara (宮原 巍 Miyahara Takashi, born 1934 in Nagano, Japan) is a Nepalese tourism entrepreneur and politician. Miyahara has lived over 40 years in Nepal.[1]

Miyahara holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering from Nihon University, Tokyo. When he moved to Nepal, he began working for the Department of Cottage Industry of Nepal.[2]

Miyahara is the chairman of the boards of Himalaya Hotel in Kathmandu and Trans Himalaya Treks.[3] 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.[2]

In 2006, Miyahara founded the Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party. He became a citizen of Nepal in order to be able to work politically.[1] At the 2008 election of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly, none of the candidates won the seat.

References

  1. 1 2 National Development Party - Nepali Times
  2. 1 2 Personality
  3. ↑ Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry [FNCCI]


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