India

Helping to Transform India’s Cities

For the last 30 years JICA has been helping to transform the transportation infrastructure of some of India’s largest cities as the country becomes a global economic power.

Fiji

JICA Provides Emergency Supplies to Flood-stricken Fiji

Six people were killed and thousands forced to evacuate after heavy rains lashed the country’s two main islands.

Mozambique

Working with Brazil for Mozambican Healthcare

After 24 years, a former JICA trainee returns to Japan, this time as Mozambique’s Health Minister to mark the launch of a Japan-Brazil-Mozambique triangular healthcare cooperation.

Iraq

The ‘Cradle of Civilization’ Offers ‘Golden’ Opportunities for Japanese Corporations

A Tokyo seminar is told that after years of war and destruction Iraq is once more open for business and a land of opportunity for private business.

World

2011: It Was a Very Turbulent Year

Japan suffered the worst earthquake-tsunami in its modern history and there were further natural disasters across the globe. But 2011 also saw the so-called Arab Spring, the birth of the world’s newest nation in South Sudan and ongoing efforts to preserve the world’s endangered environment.

Japan

It Was “A Very Trying Year.”

JICA President Mrs. Sadako Ogata reviews 2011, the year of Japan’s own devastating earthquake-tsunami, other natural disasters around the world, but also positive developments in the Middle East during the Arab Spring and in Africa.

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