MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: JICA President Kitaoka Visits Philippines, Meets with President Rodrigo Duterte and Members of Bangsamoro Transition Authority
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka visited the Philippines from April 8 to 11, held talks with government dignitaries and visited the sites of ODA projects in Manila and Davao. Meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and Top Officials JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka, center left, holds talks with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Mr. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Joint Lead Managers of the 48th and 49th JICA Bonds (Non-guaranteed Domestic Bonds)
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has mandated Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. as joint lead managers for the 10-year Fiscal Investment and Loan Program (FILP) Bonds, and Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., and Daiwa Securities Co. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Aiming for the Quick Containment of Infectious Diseases: Noguchi Advanced Research Laboratories Opens in Ghana’s Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency Participants in the opening ceremony held March 26. At back right is Noguchi Advanced Research Laboratories. A ceremony was held on March 26 at Ghana’s Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in the University of Legon, Accra to celebrate the opening of Noguchi Advanced Research Laboratories, a new facility […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: JICA President Kitaoka Meets with Panamanian President Varela
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency From left, Panamanian President Varela and JICA President Kitaoka On April 4, JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka held a meeting in Tokyo with President Juan Carlos Varela of the Republic of Panama. Having previously met in April 2016, this was the second time the two gentlemen have conversed. President Valera opened […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Teaming Up with 35 African Nations to Solve Waste Problems: Aiming to Realize Clean and Healthy Cities
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency African administrators inspect the Koshe dump site in Ethiopia Two years ago, more than 200 people perished after a 50 meter high mountain of refuse collapsed at the Koshe dump site, Ethiopia’s largest garbage landfill located in the capital city of Addis Ababa. Currently the site is commencing with an […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Emergency Assistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran in Response to the Flood Disaster
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency The Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide emergency relief goods as below in response to a request from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran relating to the Flood Disaster. 1.Disaster situation The flood which occurred around the middle of March has caused serious human and property damage. According […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Signing of Grant Agreement with Nigeria: Contributing to a Stronger Diagnostic Capacity through the construction of biosafety level 3 laboratories
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency signing ceremony On April 9, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a grant agreement with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Abuja to provide grant aid of up to 1.58 billion yen for the Project for Strengthening the Diagnostic Capacity of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Signing of Loan Agreement for the “Renovation, Expansion and Management of Palau International Airport Project” (Project Financing): Leveraging Japan’s Airport Operation Expertise to Contribute to Palau’s Tourism
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency signing ceremony Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed the loan agreement with the Palau International Airport Corporation — a special purpose company established by the Government of the Republic of Palaut and the Japan Airport Management Partners Company Limited (JAMP) [1]— for the “Renovation, expansion and management of Palau International […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: TOWARD TICAD 7: ‘Africa & Me’ Part 3 — Mari Miura of the JICA Global Environment Department Fights Desertification With the Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency Desertification is the process by which dry regions, through human activity and climate change, become barren, uninhabitable lands. In the Sub-Saharan Africa region, a dry area south of the Sahara Desert where many impoverished people live in reliance on natural resources, a negative chain of events is occurring: Desertification is […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: JICA President Kitaoka Holds Talks With U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Bachelet
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency From left, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka held talks with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on March 22 at JICA Headquarters in Tokyo. Dr. Bachelet began the talks by saying that as promoting […]
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