Category: Japan

On January 10, Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino and Prince Hisahito visited the JICA Yokohama Museum of Overseas Migration’s 20th anniversary “Permanent Exhibition” and “Special Exhibition (Yuuhi Futatabi: History of Okinawan Migration and Uchinanchu Bonds)” and met with four Japanese Americans. At the Overseas Migration Museum, which was reopened last year, visitors were…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka and JICA Special Advisor Shinichi Kitaoka (former JICA President) met with Mr. Carlos Dominguez, Minister of Finance of the Republic of the Philippines, at JICA Headquarters on April 25. At the beginning of the meeting, Minister Dominguez thanked Mr. Kitaoka for his long contribution as JICA President and for JICA’s past…

On January 23, two of the first Georgian Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, who will be the first members of Georgia’s Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, greeted Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Japan Timraz Rejava at JICA Headquarters before their departure. JICA opened its Georgia office in May 2017; a JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Dispatch Arrangement was…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a US$90 million loan agreement with BRAC Bank Limited (BRAC Bank), a Bangladeshi financial institution, on January 10, 2023, and held a ceremony on January 12 to commemorate the signing. The funds from this loan will be used to finance projects that meet the green finance requirements of…

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today announced the tentative pricing of its “JICA SDGs Bonds” (the 71st JICA Bonds (Domestic FILP Agency Bonds)) for retail investors as follows: Reservations will be accepted on January 10. The Bonds will be retail bonds. The “JICA SDGs Bonds” are bonds for individuals that will be used to fund…

(Revised January 27) An error was found in the basic project information table in this release published on January 24. The following correction has been made and we apologize for the error. (Incorrect) Planned implementation period: 3 years (Positive) Scheduled implementation period: 1 year and 7 months On January 23, the Japan International Cooperation Agency…

On April 19, JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka held an online meeting with President Alok Sharma of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), scheduled to be held in November in the UK. At the beginning of the meeting, President Sharma explained the need to share…

On January 20, 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a loan agreement totaling US$13.1 million with Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal Private Limited (NSFTPL), a special purpose company established in the Republic of India, through the Asian Infrastructure Partnership Trust Fund (LEAP) (Note 1) funded by JICA. (NSFTPL), a special purpose company established in the…

JICA publishes a manga version of project histories that summarize the inspiring trajectories and achievements of Japan’s proud international cooperation projects in an easy-to-understand way for the young people who will lead the future. Ms. Reiko Abe was sent to Delhi, the capital of India, to build a subway system and worked as a Japanese…

One year has passed since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano disaster last January 15, and on January 13 and 14, a ceremony and exhibition was held in Nuku’alofa, the capital of Tonga, to commemorate the first anniversary of the event, called by the government. The ceremony was attended by a large number of Tongan government…