Category: JICA contributions

In Liberia, the country’s maternal and infant mortality rates are among the lowest in the world as a result of the country’s 15-year civil war that began in 1989 and the spread of Ebola virus disease, which has devastated the health care system and severely deteriorated health and sanitation indicators. Although Montserrado, where about one-third…

Indonesia is the 11th largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world in 2018 due to a rapid increase in energy consumption associated with its remarkable economic growth. Against this backdrop, the Indonesian government has formulated the National Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Reduction (RAN-GRK), and the draft commitments under the Paris Agreement set a target…

In addition to its efforts to combat climate change, Thailand is promoting an economic policy (2021-2026) called “Biocirculation Green,” which aims to balance “an economy that can respond to global challenges” and “increasing the market value of agribusiness through innovative technologies,” in line with the “Thailand 4.0” national vision formulated in 2015 to break out…

In the report on the implementation of each activity in the first half of the meeting, the TF members expressed their enthusiastic appreciation to the Japanese counterparts for their active cooperation and encouragement from the relevant organizations in Shiga Prefecture, which would not have been possible without such support and encouragement. In particular, it was…

On June 2, JICA President Akihiko Tanaka and Special Advisor Shinichi Kitaoka met with Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), at JICA Headquarters. At the beginning of the meeting, President Tanaka congratulated the UNDRR on the success of the 7th Global Platform for Disaster Reduction Meeting* held…

On June 1, 80 JOCV candidates training at the Nihonmatsu Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Training Center as part of JICA’s first contingent for FY2022 received Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino at the JICA Ichigaya Building. Each candidate was able to meet with Their Imperial Highnesses, and although nervous, they expressed their aspirations for…

Participating in the Completion Ceremony of the Nile Bridge Reaffirms Importance of Peace and Stability On May 19, President Tanaka attended the completion ceremony of the “Nile Bridge Construction Project,” a Japanese grant aid. The construction of the Nile Bridge, which began in 2013 just after independence, was completed over 10 years after overcoming two…

JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada delivered a lecture titled “JICA Projects in Times of Complex Crises” at the 59th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Consultants Abroad (ECFA) held on May 31, 2012, in which he discussed JICA’s business policies for the current fiscal year. © Source JICA Read More Auto Amazon Links: No…

JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada met with the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Pham Binh Minh, in Tokyo on May 27. At the beginning of the meeting, Vice President Yamada noted that First Deputy Prime Minister Minh, who spoke at the 27th International Exchange Conference “The Future of Asia” on…

In the Philippines, approximately 25 percent of the total working population is engaged in the agricultural sector, but its share of GDP is only 9.7 percent (2016), indicating stagnant productivity. In addition, the declining number of farmers, the aging of the farming population, and estimates that about 70 percent of the poor live in rural…