On 26 August 2018, Consul-General Munin Paniswasdi attended the reception to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of Tassanee Thai Culture Center at LIKES Hall Tsukaguchi in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Around 100 former and current Japanese students of the Culture Center attended the reception.

            Tassanee Thai Culture Center was founded in 2008 by Mrs. Tassanee Muraki, Director of the Culture Center, to promote Thailand-Japan cultural exchange activities by offering various Thai cultural classes for Japanese people including traditional Thai dance, Thai musical instruments, Thai language, Thai cooking, and Thai fruit and vegetable carving.

            The reception was filled with the atmosphere of Thailand-Japan friendship, highlights of which were the impressive performances of traditional Thai dance and Thai musical instruments by former and current Japanese students of the Culture Center.

            On the said occasion, Consul-General Munin Paniswasdi commended the Culture Center for its close cooperation with the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Osaka and Team Thailand in Osaka in carrying out various activities to further Thailand-Japan cultural exchange as well as to enhance the ties of friendship between the peoples of Thailand and Japan.