Building the country’s first arched steel bridge over the Nile River through South Sudan. —- The construction of the Nile Bridge project in Juba, South Sudan, which has been underway since 2012, has reached completion. JICA President Akihiko Tanaka also came from Japan on his first overseas trip since assuming office, and an opening ceremony…

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with Mr. Sengdouane Rachanthaboun, Chairman of the Olympic and Paralympic Committee of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, at JICA Headquarters on July 26. Five athletes who have received training through these programs will represent Laos at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. President Kitaoka (left) and Chairman Senduan (right) At the…

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa at JICA headquarters on August 20. At the beginning of the meeting, both parties touched on the tense international situation in Afghanistan and Myanmar, and shared the recognition of the need to pay particular attention to the impact of drastic changes in…

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi in Tokyo on July 22. They confirmed the importance of further developing the long-standing UNHCR-JICA collaboration and exchanged views on the impact of the new coronavirus disease crisis on refugees and displaced persons, as well as the situation in Myanmar, Latin…

On July 15, JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka held an online meeting with Jean-Marie Ghenot, Professor at Columbia University’s School of International Public Policy, to discuss JICA’s support for peacebuilding, the role of UN and PKO activities, and prospects for international cooperation in the post-Corona era. Mr. Gheno has served as a member of the International…

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with Armenian President Armen Sarkisian in Tokyo on July 26. President Kitaoka mentioned that a memorial to the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake was erected next to the memorial to the victims of the Spitak earthquake, which he visited during his business trip to Armenia, and that friendly…

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Sports Aziz Abduhakimov in Tokyo on July 22. They also touched on their meeting with President Kitaoka during President Mirziyoyev’s visit to Japan in December 2019, and exchanged views on past cooperation achievements and future prospects between Japan and Uzbekistan….

On October 28, JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met online with Mr. Ibrahim Assan Mayaki, Director General of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). During the exchange of views on the response to the Corona crisis, President Kitaoka emphasized the importance of Africa standing on its own feet, praised AUDA-NEPAD’s promotion of pandemic response through Africa-originated…

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with President Vyosa Osmani Sadriu Kosovo on July 26 in Tokyo. At the beginning of the meeting, President Kitaoka congratulated Kosovo’s judo athletes (women’s 48 kg division) on their gold medal victory at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. President Osmani expressed his gratitude for JICA’s cooperation with Kosovo and expressed…