Category: JICA contributions

In Angola, television broadcasting is provided by four national and private broadcasters, with a coverage rate of approximately 60% (in 2019), and is a popular source of information for citizens. However, improving access to information remains a challenge, as private broadcasters do not cover some rural areas. In addition, approximately 70% of the population speaks…

In Bhutan, the recent spate of large-scale weather disasters has become a major risk to the lives and livelihoods of the people. In addition, Bhutan faces the challenge of managing water resources to cope with the depletion of water sources due to climate change and water shortages caused by increased demand for water for daily…

The cumulative number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Mongolia is 61,396 and the number of deaths is 288 (as of June 3, 2021, according to the country’s Ministry of Health). Mongolia has positioned vaccination as the top priority in the fight against novel coronaviruses, and has begun procurement of vaccines and vaccination…

In Bangladesh, demand for electric power has increased rapidly due to stable economic growth and industrialization in recent years. However, the country currently relies on gas-fired power generation for approximately 70% of its electricity generation, and there are concerns that excessive dependence on a single energy source could lead to energy supply disruptions, soaring supply…

Pokhara, the second largest city in western Nepal, is the country’s largest tourist city, and with a new international airport scheduled to open in 2021, the city is expected to see a further increase in tourism and accelerated urbanization. In 2016, a group of nine lakes, including Lake Fewa, located in the center of the…

Freedom Bridge, a long-sought symbol of peace and freedom in South Sudan, is completed. Building the country’s first arched steel bridge over the Nile River through South Sudan. —- The construction of the Nile Bridge project in Juba, South Sudan, which has been underway since 2012, has reached completion. JICA President Akihiko Tanaka also came…

On May 20, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for a grant of up to 1.203 billion yen for the “Childhood Infectious Disease Prevention Program (UNICEF collaboration)” in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the people are currently facing unprecedented economic and humanitarian crises such as…

Comprehensive training for the IER examination by INSARAG, an international emergency rescue team, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted a practical comprehensive drill simulating actual search and rescue activities of the Japan Disaster Relief Team (JDR), which is dispatched to large-scale disasters overseas, from May 11 to 13 at the…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the Royal Thai Government on May 19 in Bangkok for a grant of up to 500 million yen for the “Emergency Assistance Plan for Responding to the New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Crisis. This project aims to strengthen the quarantine system in Thailand and…

JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada met with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at JICA Headquarters on May 18. Vice President Yamada and Director-General Grossi exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine and Iran, as well as issues in the energy sector to combat climate change and achieve a decarbonized society….