Tag: JICA

On July 2, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a memorial ceremony jointly with the Government of Bangladesh and other organizations to commemorate the seven Japanese who lost their lives in the July 2016 terrorist attack in Dhaka (engaged in a preparatory survey for cooperation in the Dhaka urban transportation development project). The ceremony…

summary Maternal and child health handbook presentation ceremony date(s) (e.g. for exhibition) June 5, 2025 joint sponsorship Co-sponsored by JICA and CFAO Mobility Angola Location Luanda, Angola Main Participants JICA Mr. Miyazaki, Vice President, Mr. Yanase, Director, Africa Department, Mr. Kadowaki, Director, Angola Office, Mr. Matsui, Director, Africa 3 Division, Africa Department, and others CFAO…

The annual Japan-Mongolia Business Innovation Forum 2025 will be held! Now in its fourth year, the “Japan-Mongolia Business Innovation Forum” has become the largest business forum between Japan and Mongolia held in Mongolia, with approximately 150 participants from Japan and 400 from Mongolia each year. This year’s theme is “Creating Future Together”. Representatives from the…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at JICA headquarters on June 23. President Tanaka and Managing Director Georgieva welcomed the dialogue on fiscal and economic policies with Asian countries and collaboration with African countries in strengthening their debt management capacity, and exchanged views on macroeconomic conditions and…

▲ Scenes from the CDO Summit (courtesy of CDO Club Japan) JICA’s Chief Digital Officer (CDO), Hitotsugu Tojima, participated and spoke at the “CDO & CAIO Summit Tokyo 2025 Summer” held in Tokyo on June 4 and 5, 2025. More than 30 digital transformation leaders in Japan participate face-to-face in this annual summit hosted by…

On Friday, June 13, we received the verification report from the Verification Committee on the “Metropolitan Area Railway Line 3 Rehabilitation Project,” a yen loan project in the Philippines. We take the findings of the verification report seriously and will work to restore the trust of the public and continue to meet the expectations of…

On June 3, JICA Vice President Katsura Miyazaki met with President John Dramani Mahama of the Republic of Ghana in Accra, the country’s capital during his visit. At the beginning of the meeting, Vice President Miyazaki, who has worked at the Japanese Embassy in Ghana, congratulated the President on his inauguration and said that this…

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Yen Loan Agreement (L/A) with the government of Ukraine on June 5 in Khiwo, the capital of Ukraine, for the “Special Revenue Advance Loan for Ukraine”. The outline of the project is as follows Project Summary Special Revenue Advance Financing for Ukraine Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration Loan for Ukraine…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka visited the Republic of Moldova from May 26 to 28 to meet with President Maia Sandu and other government officials and inspect JICA projects. During his meeting with President Sandu, President Tanaka expressed his commitment to continue to cooperate with Moldova’s sustainable economic development and improvement of the living standards of…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Prime Minister Russell Misso Dlamini of the Kingdom of Eswatini in Tokyo on June 4. At the beginning of the meeting, Prime Minister Dlamini thanked JICA for its cooperation in Eswatini. In response, President Tanaka introduced JICA’s efforts in the fields of education and agriculture in Eswatini, and said…