Month: December 2023

Chocolate for a break from work, or cocoa for a breather. What if the cacao used as a raw material was harvested by children who worked in exchange for the time they were supposed to spend at school? In order to protect children’s educational opportunities, an initiative to eradicate child labor using blockchain technology has…

On July 29, Dr. Olena Bourdeau, a researcher from the Institute of Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, came to Japan from Ukraine. She will receive training at the Institute of Environment and Radioactivity Research (IER) of Fukushima University and other institutions for about 4 months until early December in order…

In order to achieve further economic growth, Japan will need about four times as many foreign workers in 2040 as in 2020. On the occasion of World Population Day on July 11, we will trace the pages of this report. In 2040, Japan will be short 420,000 foreign workers relative to demand The “Survey and…

The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) will be held in the United Arab Emirates from November 30 to December 12. In this second installment of a two-part series on JICA’s climate change initiatives, we focus on a forest conservation project in the Democratic Republic of…

On June 29, JICA held the first of a series of online seminars (four sessions planned) to share Japan’s knowledge and experience in disaster waste management with Ukraine, which is facing difficulties in dealing with the large amount of destructive waste* generated by the military invasion by Russia. In order to improve Ukraine’s capacity to…

June 20 is “World Refugee Day,” a day designated to raise awareness and support for those who have been forced to become refugees due to conflict and other reasons. Sadako Ogata, who served as UN High Commissioner for Refugees and President of JICA, has advocated the concept of “human security. How can this concept of…