Japan pledged some $720 million (¥75 billion) over the next four years for Afghan reconstruction at an international conference in Geneva on Tuesday that brought together some 100 countries and international organizations to help the war-torn country recover from years of violence.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, in his statement, said, "Japan continues to stand with the Afghan government and its people. We will work on providing assistance from 2021 to 2024, maintaining the amount comparable to the past four years, which was $180 million per year."
Japan and 65 other countries as well as 32 international organizations pledged a total of over $12 billion (¥1.225 trillion) over the period between 2021 and 2024 for the reconstruction of Afghanistan at the meeting held at the United Nations' European headquarters and online due to the coronavirus pandemic.