Category: JICA contributions

summary Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 7:00 p.m.- (registration starts at 6:30 p.m.) Venue: Hikarie 8/COURT Organized by JICA Speaker Information Mr. Mitsuaki Furukawa Professor, Faculty of International Relations, University of Shizuoka Project History “Cartoon Edition Dear Ms. Reiko Abe Executive Officer, Oriental Consultants Global Co. Chairman of Oriental Consultants India (OC India) Project History…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka participated in the 2nd Global Refugee Forum (GRF) held in Geneva, Switzerland, from December 12 to 14. After the opening session, President Tanaka gave a keynote speech at a high-level event on the Humanitarian, Development and Peace Partnership (HDP nexus), co-hosted by JICA, UNDP and UNHCR, and was a speaker at…

On December 12, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a corporate loan agreement with Energy Absolute Public Company Limited of Thailand for a project to introduce new electric buses with low environmental impact to public bus operations in the capital city of Bangkok. The loan will be cofinanced with the Asian Development Bank (ADB)…

JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada met with INTERPOL Secretary General Stock at JICA Headquarters on December 8. INTERPOL is an international organization of police agencies from around the world, with 196 member countries and regions. At the beginning of the meeting, Secretary-General Stock spoke of the importance of strengthening the capacity of police officers through…

Purpose of this Forum The theme of this year’s Forum is “Contribution to Food Security through Reduction of Food Loss”, which is a global problem. The purpose of this forum is to introduce initiatives related to this theme and to contribute to strengthening the network of JiPFA members through discussions on how their knowledge and…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Republic of Kenya on December 15 in Nairobi on the technical cooperation project “Strengthening Rural Water and Sanitation Implementation Capacity for Better Living”. More than 80% of Kenya’s land area is arid and semi-arid, making it vulnerable to…

On December 11, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic for up to 1,087 million yen for the “Equipment Improvement Program for Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation Canals”. In Kyrgyzstan, where water resources from snowmelt from the Tien Shan Mountains and other mountainous regions…

The Organization hereby announces that it has decided to continue its measures against the following persons. subject of the measure Fuji Creative Corporation Initial measure period From March 17, 2023 to December 16, 2023 (9 months) Duration of measures Fuji Creative Corporation from December 17, 2023 until the compliance program of Fuji Creative Corporation is…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced the “JICA-ASEAN Knowledge Co-Creation and Connectivity Initiative” on December 18 on the occasion of the ASEAN-Japan Special Leaders’ Meeting. Inheriting its projects and principles with ASEAN countries over the past half century, JICA will conduct human resource development projects aimed at building a true partnership of mutual growth…

The 18th International Conference of the “Latin American Association of Researchers on Asia and Africa” (held every other year) was held in Costa Rica from Monday, November 20, 2023, bringing together approximately 200 university faculty and researchers who are conducting research on Japan and other Asian and African regions in the Latin American region. This…