The Japanese Embassy in Sri Lanka held a concert featuring musician Sumie Kaneko last Friday, at the Colombo University Management and Finance Faculty's auditorium.
Kaneko played traditional Japanese instruments such as the koto and shamisen at the event.
Kaneko also played late Pandith W.D. Amaradewa's song called Shantha Me Rae Yame during the concert.The Government of Japan provided a cultural grant worth Rs.1.2 million to the Colombo University's Sri Palee Campus Mass Media Studies Department.