JICA President Akihiko Tanaka received the Order of the North Star, the highest decoration awarded to foreigners by the Mongolian government, at a ceremony held in Tokyo on November 29, where he received the decoration from President Ofer Hrelsuf. The Order of the Northern Star is awarded to those who have contributed in the fields…
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Marubeni Corporation Signs Loan Agreement for Waste Power Generation and Treatment Project in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam (Overseas Investment and Loan): Reducing the Risk of Environmental Pollution and Contributing to the Realization of a Recycling-Oriented Economy ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a loan agreement on December 9 to provide up to US$7 million to Binh Duong Water Environment Joint Stock Company (BIWASE) in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This loan will contribute to the “Initiative for Overseas Investment and Loan to ASEAN” (*1) announced by the Japanese government in…
Grant Aid Agreement Signed for Rwanda: Contributing to Stable Water Supply to Kigali Citizens through Improvement and Renewal of Water Transmission and Distribution Facilities ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the Government of the Republic of Rwanda on December 6 in Kigali City for a grant of up to 3,005 million yen for the “Water Supply Service Improvement Project in North Central Kigali City”. This project aims to improve water pressure and reduce…
Scale of JICA Projects for FY2023 ｜ News & Media
On December 23, 2023, the Cabinet approved the government’s draft budget for the fiscal year 2023. JICA’s project scale for FY2023 under this government proposal is as follows The overall budget for grant aid, including that implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and JICA, was 163.4 billion yen (an increase of 0.1 billion yen…
Determination of Terms and Conditions for the 70th JICA Bond Issue ｜ News & Media
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (President: Akihiko Tanaka) announced today that it has determined the terms and conditions of the 70th issue of JICA Bonds (Domestic FILP Agency Bonds) as follows Japan International Cooperation Agency Bond No. 70 Issue amount: 10 billion yen Term: 10 years (redeemable on September 17, 2032) Issue date: December 23,…
Minutes of Discussion on Technical Cooperation Project for Ukraine Signed: Helping to Establish a System for Continued Accurate, Fair and Impartial Public Broadcasting ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Public Broadcasting Service of Ukraine on November 29 in Geshev, Poland, on the technical cooperation project “Project for Strengthening the Public Broadcasting System – Phase 2. The Ukrainian Public Broadcasting Service was established in January 2017 by integrating TV and radio…
Signing of Minutes of Discussion on Technical Cooperation Project for Nepal: Supporting Career Development and Entrepreneurship of Human Resources Returning from Japan ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of Nepal on December 1 in Kathmandu for the technical cooperation project “Career Development for Overseas Workers and Entrepreneurship Support Project. In Nepal, the main domestic industries are limited to agriculture and tourism, and there are few employment opportunities with…
COP Special Report 1: Electricity and Industry. The Potential of the “Kumejima Model” to Revitalize the Island ｜ News & Media
The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) will be held in the United Arab Emirates from November 30 to December 12 to discuss climate change countermeasures, a pressing issue amid increasingly severe abnormal weather on a global scale. In this first installment, we will focus on…
Local Report: Japan’s Experience in Disaster Relief Efforts in Ukraine ｜ News / Media
This past March, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) dispatched a survey mission to neighboring Moldova to assist displaced people in Ukraine. Japan’s experience and expertise in overcoming numerous natural disasters, including the Great East Japan Earthquake, and especially the standardization method of disaster medical information introduced after the Kumamoto earthquake, are playing a major…
Signing of Minutes of Discussion on Technical Cooperation Project for Palau: Supporting the Construction of an Environmentally Friendly Transportation System ｜ News & Media
On January 9, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Republic of Palau on the technical cooperation project “Environmentally Sound Transportation System Development Project. In Palau, the Palau International Airport, constructed in 2003 with the cooperation of JICA, has been utilized for 20 years, and…