November 13, 2019
The bus business, in terms of cost-effectiveness, affordability to the public, and competitiveness against other transport modes, is essential as public transportation in developing countries. JICA has been for decades supporting bus operations in a number of countries by taking advantage of the more than 100 years of know-how of Japanese bus operators. The following summarizes JICA’s on-going and notable technical cooperation programs in three Southeast Asian countries.
November 8, 2019
Japan is the world’s most aged society, where the percentage of elderly people (the fraction of the population aged 65 or older) in 2018 has reached 28.1 percent. JICA is taking advantage of Japan’s years of experience in providing for the needs of its own elderly to support local promotion of health care for the elderly in Southeast Asian countries, where ageing of the population is rapidly accelerating.
October 31, 2019
On Oct. 23, JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with H.E. Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, in Tokyo.
October 31, 2019
On Oct. 23, JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with H.E. Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, at JICA headquarters.
October 31, 2019
On Oct. 23, JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with H.E. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the President of the Republic of Maldives, in Tokyo.
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