Category: JICA contributions

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Kunio Mikuriya, Director General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), at JICA Headquarters on October 13. President Tanaka expressed his appreciation to Director General Mikuriya, who will be stepping down this December, for his leadership in the close collaboration between JICA and WCO. In response, Director General Mikuriya expressed…

On October 17, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for a grant assistance of up to 1,406 million yen for the “Women’s Economic Activity Enhancement Plan in the Private Sector” for Afghanistan. Signing Ceremony More than two years after the August 2021 political…

On October 3, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a loan agreement with the Joint Stock Commercial Bank with Foreign Capital “Hamkorbank”, a commercial financial institution in the Republic of Uzbekistan, (Joint Stock Commercial Bank with Foreign Capital “Hamkorbank”), a commercial bank in the Republic of Uzbekistan, on October 3. A ceremony to commemorate…

On September 26, representatives of the JOCV returned to Japan were received by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial Palace, where they reported on their activities in their home country. The JOCV members who returned to Japan this time were affected by the global spread of the new coronavirus infection after January…

On October 8, a ceremony was held in Addis Ababa, the capital of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, to celebrate the completion of the TICAD Industrial Human Resource Development Center, which was constructed under the grant assistance “TICAD Industrial Human Resource Development Center Construction Plan” (signed in 2018). The ceremony was attended by the…

On October 11, JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada met with Mr. Chimed Hrelvatal, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Development of Mongolia, in the presence of Mr. Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Mongolia, during his visit to Mongolia. At the outset, Deputy Prime Minister Hreruvatar expressed his gratitude for…

Emergency relief supplies provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for earthquake damage in the western region of Afghanistan have been handed over to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The emergency relief supplies to be provided to the IFRC arrived in the capital city of Kabul on October…

JICA’s international cooperation activities are carried out by experts in various fields, both inside and outside of JICA, who are passionate about their work. In “People Tackling International Challenges,” we focus on the stories of these people and delve into their past progress and their aspirations for the future. In this fifth issue, we introduce…

Event Name: LatAm Investment Forum Date: September 12, 2023 Location: Tokyo, Japan Main Participants Embassy of Brazil, Embassy of Chile, Japanese companies, Partia, JICA (Overseas Investment and Loan Division, Private Sector Cooperation Department) Contents On September 12, 2023, the LatAm Investment Forum, organized by Patria, a Latin American private equity firm, was held in Tokyo….

Professor Akio Takahara during his lecture In commemoration of the opening of the course for which credit has been granted at the National University of Mongolia since September of this year, a special lecture entitled “Trends Related to Politics and Foreign Policy in East Asia and China” by Professor Akio Takahara of the University of…