Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Microsoft Japan Corporation (Microsoft Japan) signed a Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement (the “Agreement”) on August 31, 2012. The signing took place between Kazuhisa Arai, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of JICA, and Ryota Sato, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector Business Division of Microsoft Japan Co. The purpose…

On August 26, 2022, a ceremony was held in Dili, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to celebrate the opening of the “National Highway No. 1 Development Project” (paid financial cooperation project). The ceremony was attended by Mr. Joaquim Amaral, Minister for Economic Coordination, Mr. Rui Gomez, Minister of Finance, Mr. Abel Pires,…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Yen Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan for up to US$200 million for the “Horticulture Crop Value Chain Enhancement Project (Phase 2)” in Tashkent on August 29. The project will provide two-step loans through financial institutions in Uzbekistan to farmers and agribusinesses…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) on August 25 in Vientiane on the “Integrated Energy Master Planning Project for a Carbon-Neutral Society,” a development study-type technical cooperation. The project was completed in March 2012. This project aims to…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has decided to dispatch an Emergency Humanitarian Assistance and Cooperation Needs Assessment Mission in the Health Care Sector (Second Assessment Mission) to Ukraine’s neighbor, Moldova, to assist displaced persons in Ukraine and neighboring countries. The six-member mission, consisting of medical personnel and JICA staff, will leave Japan on April…

The last two members of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) mission to Moldova for the purpose of providing assistance to displaced persons in Ukraine and neighboring countries in the field of emergency humanitarian assistance and healthcare needs assessment returned to Japan on May 1, completing their field survey activities. The first survey team, which…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) of up to 30 billion yen with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines on April 25 in Tokyo for the “Emergency Assistance Loan for the New Coronavirus Crisis Response (Phase 2)”. This project will support the Philippine government’s response to the coronavirus…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Republic of South Africa on March 28 in Pretoria for the technical cooperation project “Quality and Productivity Improvement (Kaizen) Project. JICA has been working to develop human resources and strengthen organizational structures to promote kaizen in more than…