Hiroshi Sasaki, Japan's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkmenistan, visited Specialised School No. 140 in Ashgabat. This was reported by the news agency ‘Turkmenistan: Golden age’.

As part of the international initiative READ JAPAN PROJECT, the diplomat donated books about Japan to the school. This project is being implemented with the support of the Japanese foundation ‘The Nippon Foundation’ and the ‘’Tokyo Foundation for Research Policy.

Japanese is part of the curriculum at School No. 140 from the early grades. The READ JAPAN PROJECT, launched in 2008, aims to distribute English-language literature about Japan to universities and libraries around the world.