Category: JICA contributions

Talking with Kyuji Fujikawa! The Power of Sports to Transcend National Borders; Baseball Links Paraguay and Kochi From Paraguay, South America, the “other side of the globe” of Japan, one can hear the Tosa dialect–? In fact, many Japanese moved to Paraguay and other South American countries as part of a national policy after World…

Dispatch of International Emergency Relief Teams and Rescue Teams to Earthquake Damage in the Republic of Turkey (Second Report) Second Report Dispatch of International Emergency Relief Teams and Rescue Teams to Earthquake Damage in the Republic of Turkey Based on a request from the Government of the Republic of Turkey to the Government of Japan,…

Dispatch of International Emergency Relief Teams and Rescue Teams to Earthquake Damage in the Republic of Turkey First Report Dispatch of International Emergency Relief Teams and Rescue Teams to Earthquake Damage in the Republic of Turkey On February 6, JICA will dispatch an international emergency relief team and rescue team to Kahramanmaraş in southeastern Turkey…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with President Panuelo of the Federated States of Micronesia in Tokyo on February 3. At the beginning of the meeting, President Tanaka congratulated the Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia in Japan on the opening of its new office and expressed his appreciation for JICA’s cooperation in the FSM,…

summary Conference Title: Opening Ceremony of the Tunisian Grassroots Technical Cooperation “Project Model Development of ICT Start-up Human Resource Development for Youth and Women” and Lecture for Tunisian Youth by Dr. Ben Abdallah, Dean of the University of Aizu (Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering) Date: January 23, 2023 Organized by the University of Aizu…

Thailand, as a key player in the supply chain in the Southeast Asian region, is strengthening its quarantine system by enhancing screening at the water’s edge and improving and speeding up inspection capabilities at airports and land border quarantine stations in order to both combat new coronavirus infection and resume economic activities, including tourism. However,…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka visited the Philippines from January 17 to 21. During his stay, he met with Vice President Duterte, Chief Cabinet Secretary Bersamin, and many cabinet ministers, and inspected cooperation projects. He also visited the Bangsamoro Muslim Mindanao Autonomous Region, where he was the first foreigner to address the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA)…

In South Sudan, the level of infrastructure development is low due to the effects of years of civil war and other factors, and even in the capital city of Juba, most roads are dirt or gravel. Juba is also a node for domestic and international transportation, and the improvement of roads in the city is…

Kosovo has abundant domestic reserves of low-quality brown coal and is heavily dependent on electricity supply from coal-fired power plants that use brown coal as their energy source. Especially in urban areas, air pollution caused by emissions from coal-fired power plants as well as from home heating systems and automobiles has become a serious environmental…

The Indonesian government is promoting industrial development while focusing on fostering internationally competitive industries and utilizing domestic resources in private sector development, and has formulated a roadmap (Making Indonesia 4.0) for the introduction of Industry 4.0 in the context of the 4th Industrial Revolution. In addition, Indonesia has formulated a roadmap for the promotion of…