Japan's Counter-Terrorism Assistance
(2004-2007)
October 2007
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Counter-terrorism capacity building assistance is of vital importance in the global fight against terrorism. Japan has carried out counter-terrorism capacity building assistances, mainly to Asia-Pacific countries, including acceptance of trainees, dispatch of experts, provision of relevant equipment and other forms of cooperation, particularly in the following areas. Japan also established a new scheme of Grant Aid for Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism and Security Enhancement last year.
- Immigration
- Aviation Security
- Port and Maritime Security
- Customs Cooperation
- Export Control and Non-Proliferation
- Law-Enforcement Cooperation
- Combating Financing of Terrorism
- Counter-CBRN Terrorism
- Counter-Terrorism International Conventions and Protocols
1. Immigration
- (1) Seminar on Immigration Control
- (2) Seminar on Document Examination
- (3) Training Course for Immigration Control Administration (Asian Countries)
- (4) Asian Workshop on Passport Policy
- (5) Project on Assistance for Improvement of Thai Immigration Control (Seminar and Dispatch of Expert for Document Examination)
2. Aviation Security
- (1) Provision of security equipment (X-ray machine, metal detector and others) for the Indonesian ports and airports (Grant Aid; 774 million yen, Jul.04) (the same project as 3.(2))
- (2) Construction of the Terminal of Kabul International Airport (Grant Aid for Afghanistan; 3 billion yen, May 05)
- (3) Seminar on Aviation Security
- (4) Study on Major Airports Security System Enforcement Plan in Indonesia
3. Port and Maritime Security
- (1) Provision of three Patrol Vessels to Indonesia for the Prevention of Piracy, Maritime Terrorism and Proliferation of Weapons (Jun.06, Grant Aid for Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism and Security Enhancement; 1,921 million yen)
- (2) Provision of security equipment (X-ray machine, metal detector and others) for the Indonesian major ports and airports (Grant Aid; 774 million yen) (the same project as 2.(1))
- (3) Provision of Security Facilities and Equipment in Main International Ports of Cambodia (Aug.06, Grant Aid for Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism and Security Enhancement; 927 million yen)
- (4) Provision of Facilities and Equipment for Enhancement of Communications System for Maritime Safety and Security of the Philippines (Jul.07, Grant Aid for Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism and Security Enhancement, 609 million yen)
- (5) ARF Workshop on Capacity Building for Maritime Security
- (6) Training course on Maritime Law Enforcement
- (7) Coast Guard Human Resource Development in Philippines (Dispatch of Experts and Training Course)
- (8) Dispatch of Experts of Guard and Rescue for Malaysia
- (9) Dispatch of Experts for enhancing maritime security capacity for Indonesia and Philippines
- (10) Acceptance of Trainees to Japanese Coast Guard Academy
- (11) Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting
- (12) Joint Exercise between Coast Guard Agencies
- (13) Seminar and Dispatch of Experts on Port Security
- (14) ASEAN-Japan Port Security Experts Meeting (Bangkok, Yokohama)
- (15) ASEAN-Japan Regional Action Plan on Port Security
- (16) ASEAN-Japan Joint Communication Exercise on Port Security
4. Customs
- (1) Training Course for Improvement of Customs Administration
- (2) Training Course on Enforcement and Intelligence Management
- (3) Training Course on Anti-Smuggling Intelligence Course
- (4) Multi-year Package on Developing Customs Intelligence Analysts
5. Export Control and Non-Proliferation
- (1) Asian Non-Proliferation Seminar focusing on Maritime Cooperation
- (2) Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-Proliferation: ASTOP
- (3) Training Course for Improvements of Implementation on Security Export Controls in Asia
- (4) Asian Export Control Seminar (Tokyo)
- (5) Export Control Seminars in Asian countries
- (6) Industrial Outreach Seminar
6. Police and Law Enforcement
- (1) Seminar on International Terrorism Investigation
- (2) Seminar for Foreign Senior Police Officers
- (3) Seminar on Criminal Investigation
- (4) Seminar on Police Info-Communications
- (5) Enforcement of Civilian Police Activities of Indonesia (Dispatch of Experts and Acceptance of Trainees)
- (6) Project for Enhancement of the Civilian Police of Indonesia (Grant Aid; 518 million yen, Sep.04)
- (7) Project for Capacity-Building of the Indonesian National Police (Grant Aid; 448 million yen, Sep.05)
- (8) Project for Provision of Police Buses and Motorcycles for Iraq (Grant Aid; 2621 million yen, Dec.04)
- (9) Project for Improvement of the Equipment for Mazar-e-Sharif Police (Grant Aid for Afghanistan; 111 million yen, Mar.05)
- (10) Program for the Police Training and Mentoring in Al Muthanna Province of Iraq (Grant Aid; 377 million yen, Oct.05)
- (11) Dispatch of Experts for Enhancing Scientific Investigation Capacity of Philippines National Police (PNP)
- (12) Provision of Equipment for Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) to PNP (Grant Aid; 1 billion yen, Jul.04)
- (13) Dispatch of Experts for Enhancing Operating Capacity of AFIS of PNP
7. Combating Financing of Terrorism
- (1) Seminar on the Promotion of Accession to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
- (2) Contribution to the Cooperation Fund for Regional Trade and Financial Security Initiative of ADB (Japan has contributed 1 million dollar.)
- (3) Technical Assistance to AML/CFT projects financed by JSA (Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities-Japan) in IMF
8. Counter-CBRN Terrorism
- (1) Japan co-sponsored the seminar/workshop on Prevention and Crisis Management of Chemical/Biological Terrorism with SEARCCT (Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism) in Malaysia in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Hosted the seminar in 2006
9. Counter-Terrorism International Conventions and Protocols
- (1) Seminar to encourage accession to counter-terrorism related international conventions
- (2) Seminar on "Strengthening the Legal Regime for Combating Terrorism" by UNAFEI (United Nations Asia and Far East institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders)
- (3) Financial Contribution to the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), used for strengthening the legal framework of Indonesia for counter-terrorism.
- US$30,000 (2005)
- US$50,000 (2006)
- US$46,000 (2007)
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