The United States topped the official development assistance rankings among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, followed by Germany and Britain.
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 ...
It is critical to help African countries improve governance before providing financial assistance.
U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing a huge $54 billion surge in military spending for new aircraft, ships and weapons systems in his first federal budget while slashing big chunks from domestic programs and foreign aid to make the government "do more with less." The ...
The government should contribute to the cost of protecting aid workers involved in Tokyo-backed development projects in light of the deadly terrorist attack in Bangladesh last month that left seven Japanese dead, the Foreign Ministry says. The measure, presented Tuesday, was among proposals included in ...
The Bangladeshi government has postponed the closing bid for a large-scale project funded by Japan's official development assistance in the wake of the terrorist attack on a restaurant in Dhaka earlier this month that left 20 hostages, including seven Japanese, dead, sources said Thursday. The ...
Amid a proliferation of development deals in Sri Lanka, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says his country and Japan could work on more projects together, including hospitals and highways. "I believe that the infrastructure projects are very important for Sri Lanka after the war," Rajapaksa said ...
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 ...
Beijing has rebuffed a Japanese request that the Chinese government contribute financially to a greenery foundation that supports tree-planting projects in China, a source close to the matter said Saturday. Japan, which has unilaterally underwritten the projects for years as part of an aid program, ...
The Foreign Ministry releases a video highlighting Tokyo’s own measures to help Southeast Asian nations match Beijing’s maritime muscle.
Tokyo renews its commitment to the ASEAN in its annual report on foreign aid, stressing the importance of safe sea lanes.
The government will expand aid to Asian countries amid China's growing maritime assertiveness in the South China Sea, according to an annual report on foreign aid, the contents of which were obtained by Kyodo News on Tuesday. The Foreign Ministry's latest white paper on the ...
