Plan to develop Russian cities emerges in Japan-Russia economic proposal
Japan and Russia will set up a working group that includes Japanese firms with cutting-edge technology to improve living conditions in Russian cities by upgrading public transport and waste disposal facilities, sources close to the matter said. The move comes as the two countries work ...
Abe to offer ¥5 billion in loans in talks with Philippine leader Duterte
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is looking to offer ¥5 billion ($48.2 million) in loans when he meets with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte this week, bilateral diplomatic sources said. The financial support is aimed at facilitating agricultural development in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao — ...
Medecins Sans Frontieres Japan calls for end to deadly attacks on hospitals
MSF Japan has launched a campaign, "Don't Attack Hospitals," as well a petition asking for the people of Japan to support MSF in their advocacy efforts.
U.N. defends aid work in Syria after accusations of being too close to Assad government
The United Nations defended its aid funding in Syria on Tuesday after an investigation revealed lucrative contracts were awarded to people close to the nation's President Bashar Assad. The U.N.'s Syrian contracts came under fire in British newspaper The Guardian which said aid money has ...
Japanese and African leaders pledged to fight terrorism and emphasized the importance of rules-based maritime order as they wrapped up a Japan-led international conference on the continent's development. In the Nairobi Declaration adopted at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on Sunday, the ...
With eye on China, Japan offers ¥100 billion for infrastructure projects in Myanmar
Japan will give Myanmar ¥100 billion in loans for infrastructure development, a Japanese government source said Friday as Tokyo seeks to counter China's influence in the country. The yen loans will be used for projects such as the repair of railways connecting the cities of ...
Justice elusive for slain aid workers worldwide
In a massacre that shocked the world's humanitarian community, 17 aid workers were killed a decade ago outside their office in northeast Sri Lanka — executed at point-blank range with automatic weapons in one of the worst attacks on humanitarians. Justice remains elusive for families ...
Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injuries and widespread damage to the area's residences and infrastructure. As aftershocks continue, tens of thousands of people have moved into ...
Japan offers up to $970 million in aid to Jordan, Lebanon for Syria refugee crisis
Japan on Friday offered aid worth up to some $970 million over the next five years to help stabilize Jordan and Lebanon, which have been accepting a huge number of refugees from war-torn Syria, the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo said. During a ministerial meeting on ...
China seeks 'new chapter' in first visit with Myanmar's Suu Kyi
China and Myanmar pledged to open a "new chapter" in their sometimes strained relationship, raising the prospect that stalled Chinese investment projects in the Southeastern Asian country could be allowed to resume. Aung San Suu Kyi, head of Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy and ...
Funassyi character lends support and product license to Tohoku recovery groups
The pear-like character Funassyi may seem at first glance to be from another world, but the unofficial mascot of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, is starting to make a real difference in this one. The yurukyara character, notable as much for its excess of energy as for ...
NGO's Japanese founder foments organic revolution in Vietnam
Seed to Table helps locals rediscover lost agricultural wisdom and pull themselves out of poverty with duck and cow 'banks.'
