Category: JICA contributions

In response to the earthquake damage that occurred in the Republic of Vanuatu on Friday, December 17 (local time), JICA will begin providing assistance for on-site medical information management at the request of the government of Vanuatu. In disaster-stricken areas, with numerous medical facilities and support teams providing medical care, information on patient attributes, diseases,…

On December 27, 2025, the Cabinet approved the government’s draft budget for the fiscal year 2025. JICA’s project scale for FY2025, as proposed by the government, is as follows FY2024 FY2025 FY2025 vs. previous year vs. previous year Technical cooperation (Note 1) 1,481 1,484 +3 +0.2% Paid financial cooperation (Note 2) 22,800 23,100 +300 +1.3%…

We hereby announce that we will terminate our action against the following persons as of December 29, 2024. (Persons subject to measures) National Land Disaster Prevention Technology Co. (Period of action) From July 30, 2024 to December 29, 2024 (5 months) (Reason for termination of measures) Based on the results of confirming the details of…

summary The 10th Study Session for Municipalities and Other Waterworks Project Officials (hereinafter referred to as “the Study Session”) was held at JICA Okinawa Center from December 16 to 18, 2024. Since the first meeting in March 2014, this workshop has been held every year except for 2020, when it was affected by the new…

Mongolia Open Innovation and Co-creation for SDGs (MICS) 2024 in Khanbogd, an open innovation and co-creation event between Mongolia and Japan, was held in the Khanbogd area developed by the Oyu Tolgoi mine in South Gobi Province, Mongolia. The event was held in Khanbogd, Mongolia. Collaborative project “Production and Sales of Pet Supplies” explaining its…

On December 22, Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Line 1, which was constructed under the “Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Construction Project (Ben Thanh – Suoi Thien (Line 1)” (hereinafter referred to as “the Project”), a yen loan project by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), was inaugurated. The opening ceremony was attended…

December 24, 2024 At the request of the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu, JICA has decided to provide support for disaster medical information management in response to the damage caused by the earthquake that struck off the west coast of Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, and started on March 21. As part of…

On Thursday, January 23, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm (Japan time), the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and JICA Human Development Division will co-host an online study session titled “Transforming Care and Support Systems: Learning from the Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights)” at…

summary Event Title: JICA Chair Special Lecture in Mongolia by Prof. Kitano of Waseda University Date: December 16, 2024 Organizers: National University of Mongolia, JICA Location: Ulaanbaatar (National University of Mongolia) Main Participants Speakers: Prof. Naohiro Kitano, Waseda University / Visiting Researcher, Sadako Ogata Peace and Development Institute, JICA Main participants: Researchers, graduate students, university…

summary Conference Title: JICA and JP-MIRAI co-hosted symposium “What we should work on now for institutional reform of foreign human resources acceptance”. Date: December 12, 2024 Place: International Conference Hall, JICA Ichigaya Bldg. Main Participants Speakers: Akihiko Tanaka, President, JICA; Shuji Maruyama, Director General, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Carlos Busquets, Vice President of Labor Affairs,…