July 29, Kandy: A Japanese delegation including the Mayor of Ginan city of Japan Hideyasu Matsubara met Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President's House in Kandy Thursday.

The 14-member Japanese delegation, accompanied by Dr. Lal Thilakarathne, President, Japan-Lanka Friendship Association and Ven. Hanwelle Dhammaloka thero, the patron of Lal Thilakarathna Foundation, and two Japanese municipal councilors is on a 7-day visit to Sri Lanka.

The Foundation on Monday donated an ambulance and three fire engines worth Rs. 124 million for use of the Army.

The Japanese delegation plans to donate books and spectacles to students at Sigiriya schools and visit places of religious and cultural importance in Dambulla, Kandy, and Sigiriya.

(Pictures by Sudath Silva)