Category: JICA contributions

On June 1, 80 JOCV candidates training at the Nihonmatsu Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Training Center as part of JICA’s first contingent for FY2022 received Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino at the JICA Ichigaya Building. Each candidate was able to meet with Their Imperial Highnesses, and although nervous, they expressed their aspirations for…

Participating in the Completion Ceremony of the Nile Bridge Reaffirms Importance of Peace and Stability On May 19, President Tanaka attended the completion ceremony of the “Nile Bridge Construction Project,” a Japanese grant aid. The construction of the Nile Bridge, which began in 2013 just after independence, was completed over 10 years after overcoming two…

JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada delivered a lecture titled “JICA Projects in Times of Complex Crises” at the 59th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Consultants Abroad (ECFA) held on May 31, 2012, in which he discussed JICA’s business policies for the current fiscal year. © Source JICA Read More

JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada met with the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Pham Binh Minh, in Tokyo on May 27. At the beginning of the meeting, Vice President Yamada noted that First Deputy Prime Minister Minh, who spoke at the 27th International Exchange Conference “The Future of Asia” on…

In the Philippines, approximately 25 percent of the total working population is engaged in the agricultural sector, but its share of GDP is only 9.7 percent (2016), indicating stagnant productivity. In addition, the declining number of farmers, the aging of the farming population, and estimates that about 70 percent of the poor live in rural…

The total number of people infected with the new strain of coronavirus in Malawi is 34,390 (1,157 deaths) (as of June 7, 2021, according to the country’s Ministry of Health). The country has positioned vaccination as the top priority in the fight against novel coronaviruses, and has begun procurement of vaccines and vaccination of priority…

In the Bangkok metropolitan area, which is the political and economic center of Thailand, traffic congestion and air pollution caused by the automobile-dependent traffic system have become major problems due to the increased industrial activity following Thailand’s economic recovery after the Asian currency crisis, and efforts to reduce environmental impact are necessary. As a countermeasure…

Sixty-nine Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) candidates training at the Komagane JOCV Training Center as the first batch of JOCV for FY2022 were received by Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino at the JICA Ichigaya Building on May 20, 2010. After receiving encouragement from their highnesses one by one, the prospective members were motivated…

JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada gave a lecture titled “SDGs Connecting the World: The Possibility of Business Development Utilizing ODA” at the “SDGs Connecting the World” publication commemoration seminar (“Special Edition Construction Future Forum”) hosted by Nikkan Kensetsu Kogyo Shimbun on May 27, commemorating the publication of his latest book, “SDGs Connecting the World: The…

On May 13, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a loan agreement with ACLEDA Bank plc. of Cambodia (ACLEDA Bank) for an overseas investment loan of up to US$85 million to finance a loan to Cambodia’s agricultural sector. The loan is cofinanced with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and will apply the Sustainable Finance Framework…