summary Date: July 5, 2022 Organized by: Responsible Foreign Worker Acceptance Platform (JP-MIRAI) Secretariat Location: International Conference Hall, 2nd floor of JICA Ichigaya Bldg. and webinar via Zoom Main Participants speaker Opening Remarks: Akihiko Tanaka, JICA President Guest Speech: Mr. Gen Nakatani, Advisor to the Prime Minister for International Human Rights Affairs Guest Speech: Mr….
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President Tanaka meets with UNDP President Steiner
JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with UNDP (United Nations Development Program) President Achim Steiner in Tokyo on July 13. President Tanaka and President Steiner confirmed the significance of the joint communications at the UNDP-JICA Special Forum “Human Security and Africa’s Challenges” hosted by Nikkei on the same day, and exchanged views on further strengthening collaboration…
A selection of 10 beautiful diving sites in Turkey. Over 8000 km of coastline along the Black Sea, Marmara Sea, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
Uchanbaluk, Kaş Antalya Located on the Turkish Riviera, Kaş has 21 dive sites. Among them is Uchanbaluk, with depths ranging from 55 to 71 meters, making it an unmissable spot for divers, and the wreckage of an Italian bomber, the Savoia Maketi SM 79, which was shot down during the bombing of Mace during World…
Peach offers “Peachiru Shiyoze” sale with one-way prices starting at 990 yen for 29 domestic routes
Peach will hold a Peachiru Shiyoze” sale for 29 domestic routes. The sale period is from 10:00 p.m. on July 20 to 11:59 p.m. on July 25, and the boarding period is from August 16 to December 22. The sale includes 29 routes, including Hokkaido, Sendai, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, and Okinawa, with one-way fares starting at…
JAL launches new “Narita Airport International Sakura Lounge” as a paid lounge service
JAL has launched the “Narita Airport International Sakura Lounge” as a new target lounge for its “pay lounge service” introduced at some overseas airports. The pay-per-use lounge service is being marketed as an optional service for international flights with options such as “JAL Bid Upgrade” and “Paid Advance Seat Selection”. The “Sakura Lounge”, which was…
Shinkansen Explorer, In-depth feature on the West Kyushu Shinkansen! Magazine completely renewed from Vol. 64
Ikaros Publishing will release Vol. 64 of “Shinkansen EX (Explorer),” Japan’s only magazine specializing in high-speed railroads, on July 21. Starting with Vol. 64, the contents have been completely revamped under the motto “more in-depth and detailed. In addition to the 16-page expansion, the number of articles was greatly increased by replacing the advertisement page…
Logos, brass alcohol burner with 145-minute burn time
Logos Corporation released “LOGOS Alcohol Burner. The price is 1,800 yen. This palm-sized alcohol burner is lightweight, compact, and easy to carry. The material is made of brass, which becomes more durable the more it is used, and the burn time is 145 minutes. The burner is also quiet and can be used late at…
Providing Medical Equipment in Nepal
Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the South Asia region, ranking 147th out of 189 countries in the Human Development Index, and within the same index, health indicators remain low (United Nations Development Programme 2019). In this context, the risk of contracting non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes,…
Improving the Quality of Basic Education and Gender Equity through Community Collaboration in Niger
In Niger, half of the population is of school age due to the high birth rate (3.8%). The government of Niger strongly recognizes the importance of education and allocates 25% to 30% of the national budget to the education sector every year, and has shown steady improvement in the net enrollment rate in primary and…
Improving private sector building design and construction quality in Bangladesh
In urban areas of Bangladesh, buildings are rapidly rising in height and density due to rapid economic development in recent years. One example is the 2013 Dhaka suburban building collapse (Rana Plaza collapse), in which more than 1,130 people were killed in a tenant building housing a sewing factory due to illegal construction and illegal…