Category: JICA contributions

The land was covered with brown water as far as the eye could see, and people were at a loss for what to do in front of their collapsed houses. From June to August last year, intermittent monsoon rains in Pakistan brought heavy flooding that affected as many as 33 million people. The socially vulnerable…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of Iraq on August 16 in Baghdad for up to 203.06 billion yen for the “Basrah Refinery Improvement Project (Phase V)”. This project aims to improve the quality and productivity of petroleum products by constructing a new FCC…

On June 27 (Tokyo) and 29 (Fukuoka), “Digital x Nomad: Mongolian Startup Pitch” Mongolian startup pitch events were held. In Mongolia, startups in the digital domain aiming to expand their business globally are gaining momentum. This time, 8 Mongolian startups in Fintech, AI, healthcare, blockchain, etc. came to Japan to pitch their businesses to Japanese…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on August 14 in Jakarta on the technical cooperation project “Strengthening Local Implementation System for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Project. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are goals that should be pursued by the international community…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of Mongolia on August 15 in Ulaanbaatar regarding the technical cooperation project, “Project for Enhancing Tax Administration Capacity Using Big Data. Mongolia has a fragile fiscal base because its economy is greatly influenced by external factors such as international market…

President Tanaka was interviewed by the Mainichi Newspaper, and his remarks in the interview were published in the Mainichi Newspaper’s morning edition, “Editorial ’23 Peace Thoughts: ‘End of War Day’ and the World: The Power of Solidarity is Being Tested” (August 15, 2011). For more information, please click here. read more © Source JICA Auto…

On August 7, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an investment agreement with Dotor Consta, a Brazilian medical insurance company, to invest in medical equipment and facilities to further expand MHI’s efforts to contribute to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) (Note 1). The funds will be used for medical equipment and facility investment to further…

The 3rd Educational Cooperation Week will be held on September 7-9, 2023, with the aim of helping a wide range of stakeholders in the education sector share information, exchange ideas, create knowledge, and form networks. A total of over 3,500 people registered to participate in this educational cooperative event last year. We look forward to…

JICA’s “Grassroots Technical Cooperation Program” celebrates its 20th anniversary in December 2022. This is a project in which JICA is entrusted with cooperative activities in developing countries planned by Japanese NGOs, private organizations, local governments, universities, and others, and implemented jointly by these organizations. To date, 531 organizations have participated in 1,368 projects in 77…

summary Event: 5th Liaison Meeting of Science Council of Japan, Academic Societies, and Ministries and Agencies on Disaster Prevention How do we develop human resources for disaster prevention and mitigation? Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2023, 13:30 – 17:45 Location: Auditorium of the Science Council of Japan (hybrid face-to-face/online event) Main Participants Science Council of Japan…