Japan is undertaking a range of efforts to help developing nations fight terrorism amid rising extremism and will step up these efforts in cooperation with the international community, the government said in its annual report on foreign aid released Tuesday.
The government's pledge to strengthen counterterrorism efforts follows a spate of deadly incidents last year, including the attack on a restaurant in Bangladesh in July that left 20 hostages dead, including seven Japanese nationals.
Last July, during a U.N. Security Council meeting, Japan pledged $120 million in assistance for African nations to strengthen their counterterrorism capacities, part of its push to help build a lasting peace on the continent.