Speech Transcripts

April 6, 2021

Video Message for Opening Event "Japanese Modernization Lecture Series / JICA Chair" at E-JUST in Egypt.

JICA HQ, Tokyo, Japan

March 16, 2021

The JICA Scholars Networking Seminar

JICA HQ, Tokyo, Japan

October 26, 2020

Message from JICA President to JICA Scholarship students

JICA HQ, Tokyo, Japan

October 20, 2020

Video Message for JICA Chair at Sofia University, Bulgaria

JICA HQ, Tokyo, Japan

August 31, 2020

JICA President Message for the first JICA scholarship program participant at Joint Program

JICA HQ, Tokyo, Japan

August 20, 2020

The International Online Conference to Address Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) under the COVID-19 Pandemic

JICA HQ, Tokyo, Japan

July 13, 2020

Video Message for the Virtual High-level Political Forum Side Event

JICA HQ, Tokyo, Japan

February 20, 2020

Keynote Speech at Second Human Capital Summit

Pakistan National Center of Arts, Islamabad, Pakistan

August 29, 2019

Opening Speech at the TICAD 7 Side Event "Health Challenges and Innovative Approaches for Human Security in Africa"

PACIFICO Yokohama, Japan

August 29, 2019

Organizer speech at the TICAD 7 High-level Side Event "Towards Enhanced Partnership and Solidarity to Support Forcibly Displaced Persons in Africa"

Hotel Intercontinental Yokohama Grand, Yokohama, Japan

August 28, 2019

Opening at the TICAD 7 Side Event "Education for Africa to Empower Future Generations"

Intercontinental Yokohama Grand Hotel, Japan

August 27, 2019

Opening Speech at the TICAD 7 Side Event "Nutrition improvement in all Africa through IFNA"

InterContinental Yokohama Grand, Japan

February 13, 2019

Opening Remarks at ADB-JICA Meeting on Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific

ANA Intercontinental Hotel, Japan

January 26, 2019

Speech by Dr.Shinichi KITAOKA, at the Opening Ceremony for the 4th National Unity Day (NUD)

Juba, South Sudan

December 11, 2018

Video message at the opening session of "Bangsamoro Forum" in the Philippines

JICA Philippines Office

October 19, 2018

Japan 150 years after the Meiji Restoration: Share its experience of development and democratization with the world-Do away with vested interests to get rid of stagnation

Discuss Japan, Japan Journal

October 9, 2018

Remarks at the Inaugural Session of the 57th Annual Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO)

Tokyo Prince Hotel, Japan

June 6, 2018

Commemorative Speech at the 59th Convention of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad

Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii

April 26, 2018

4th Iceland Geothermal Conference Keynote speech for Plenary Closing

Harpa Conference Center, Reykjavik, Iceland

December 14, 2017

Speech by Dr.Shinichi KITAOKA, at the High-level Opening session, UHC Forum 2017

Tokyo Prince Hotel, Japan

July 26, 2017

Keynote Speech by Dr. Shinichi KITAOKA, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), at the Public Seminar 50th Anniversary of ASEAN "Development of ASEAN Community from Japanese Perspective."

Center for Strategic and International Studies Auditorium, Jakarta, Indonesia

May 4, 2017

Speech at Host Country Seminar at the 50th Annual Meeting of ADB's Board of Governors

InterContinental Yokohama Grand, Yokohama, Japan

February 2, 2017

Keynote Speech by Dr. Shinichi Kitaoka at the IMF-JICA Conference on "Regional Development: Fiscal Risks, Fiscal Space and the SDGs"

JICA Research Institute, Tokyo

August 28, 2016

Speech at TICAD VI side event "Global Launch of the 2016 Africa Human Development Report - Accelerating Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Africa"

Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

August 27, 2016

Opening Remarks at TICAD VI side event "IFNA (Initiative for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa) Launch Event"

Hotel Panafric, Nairobi, Kenya

August 27, 2016

Speech at TICAD VI side event "STS Forum"

Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

August 26, 2016

Closing Remarks at TICAD VI side event "EPSA3 Launch Seminar"

Hilton Nairobi, Kenya

August 26, 2016

Opening Remarks at TICAD VI side event "Africa's Transformation through Industrial Policies and Implementing the Agenda 2063"

Hilton Nairobi, Kenya

August 26, 2016

Opening Remarks at TICAD VI side event "Peacebuilding through Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment - Challenges and Opportunities in Africa"

Hilton Nairobi, Kenya

May 23, 2016

At the side event of World Humanitarian Summit: "Strengthening the Humanitarian - Development Nexus: Collaborative Approaches to Finding Solutions for Forcibly Displaced Persons."

Lufti Kirdar Convention Centre, Istanbul, Turky.

April 7, 2016

Speech: Keynote Speech at the Public Event "Securing Development in Insecure Places"

Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., the United States

October 5, 2015

Keynote Speech at International Volunteer Cooperation Organizations (IVCO) Tokyo Conference 2015

JICA Ichigaya Building, Tokyo