Official Development Assistance (ODA)

March, 2026

March 13

• Japan-Bhutan Summit Meeting
• Publication of the White Paper on Development Cooperation 2025

March 3

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to the Independent State of Samoa and the Republic of Fiji: “the Project for the Prevention Measures against Drug Use among Children and Youth”

February, 2026

February 27

• Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid to Ukraine “the Programme for Emergency Recovery (Phase 5)”

February 26

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to the Independent State of Samoa: “the Economic and Social Development Programme” (Installation of Meteorological Observation equipment)

February 25

• Japan-Singapore Partnership Programme for the 21st Century (JSPP21) PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE FY 2026 ANNUAL WORK PLAN

February 24

• Grant Assistance to the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Signing and Exchange of Notes on "the Project for Strengthening Local Food Supply"
• Grant Assistance to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea: Signing and Exchange of Notes on "the Project for Control and Eradication of Poliomyelitis"

February 20

• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Madagascar in Response to the Damage caused by Cyclone Gezani
• Grant Assistance to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “The Project for the Improvement of Environment for Medical Education”

February 19

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to the Republic of Fiji: “the Economic and Social Development Programme” (Installation of Health and Medical equipment)

February 18

• Grant Assistance to the Kingdom of Cambodia: Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid “the Project for Promoting Employment of Returning Migrant Workers Affected by the Border Conflict” 
• Grant Assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia: Signing and Exchange of Notes on "the Project for Strengthening Maternal Health Care Services at Primary Service Delivery Points"

February 17

• Grant Assistance to the Kingdom of Thailand: Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid “the Project for Strengthening Health Care Services for Displaced Persons from Myanmar in Tak Province"

February 16

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning the Grant Assistance “the Project for Strengthening Cross-Border Cooperation to Combat Transnational Organized Crimes in the Mekong Region” 

February 12

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid “the Project for Livelihoods Recovery and Nutritional Fortification in Communities Affected by the Border Conflict” to the Kingdom of Cambodia

February 10

• Grant Assistance to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam: Signing and Exchange of Notes on the Project for Strengthening Resilience against Floods and Landslides in Vulnerable Regions (in cooreration with UNICEF)
• Grant Assistance to the Republic of Vanuatu: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Project for Strengthening Disaster Resilience of Health Care Facilities in Remote Islands”

February 9

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid “the Project for Strengthening Water Quality Management in the Lower Mekong Basin,” coordinated with Mekong River Commissions (MRC)
• Grant Assistance to the Republic of Palau Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Economic and Social Development Programme”

February 6

• Grant Aid to the Lao People's Democratic Republic: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Economic and Social Development Programme”

February 4

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning the Yen Loan to the Republic of the Philippines “the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 Rehabilitation Project (III)”

January, 2026

January 26

• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Mozambique in Response to the Damages caused by the Heavy Rain

January 22

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning the Grant Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines

January 15

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning the Grant Assistance “Economic and Social Development Program” to the Republic of the Philippines (Provision of Wireless Communication Equipment)

January 14

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to Mongolia “the Economic and Social Development Programme” (Provision of Equipment to Enhance Power System Reliability) 
• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to Solomon Islands: “the Economic and Social Development Programme”

January 13

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid “the Project for the Reinforcement of Custom Functions at the Sihanoukville Port New Container Terminal” and “the Project for Integrated Mine Clearance and Landmine Victim Assistance (Phase 3)” to the Kingdom of Cambodia

January 9

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to the Republic of Fiji: “the Economic and Social Development Programme” (Installation of Infrastructure Development Equipment)

January 8

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to the Republic of Fiji: “the Economic and Social Development Programme” (Installation of Waste Management Equipment)

December, 2025

December 17

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to the Republic of Kiribati: “the Economic and Social Development Programme” (Installation of Road Maintenance Equipment)

December 16

• Emergency Grant and other Humanitarian Assistance in response to the Cyclone Disaster in Sri Lanka

December 12

• Emergency Grant in response to the flood disaster in the Central region of Viet Nam
• Grant Aid to the Lao People's Democratic Republic: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Economic and Social Development Programme”

December 11

• Signing and Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste "the Economic and Social Development Programme"

December 10

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to the Kingdom of Tonga: “the Economic and Social Development Programme”(Installation of solar power systems)

December 9

• Grant Aid to the Lao People's Democratic Republic: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Food Assistance Programme”

December 3

• Grant Aid to the Lao People's Democratic Republic: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Project for the Improvement of the Referral Hospital in the Southern Region”
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU's Attendance at the Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team Formation Ceremony in the Response to the Damages Caused by the Cyclone in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid to Ukraine “The Programme for Emergency Response on Humanitarian Mine Action and UXO Clearance”

December 2

• State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU attends the 32nd Yomiuri International Cooperation Award Ceremony for 2025

December 1

• Dispatch of the Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team in Response to the Damages Caused by the Cyclone in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

November, 2025

November 29

• Emergency Assistance to Sri Lanka in Response to the Damage Caused by the Cyclone
• Emergency Assistance to the Kingdom of Thailand in Response to the Flood Disaster

November 28

• Emergency Assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia in Response to the Oil Leak

November 25

• Japan’s Contribution to the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment

November 21

• Signing and Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste "Food Assistance Programme”

November 18

• Emergency Grant in response to hurricane disasters in the Caribbean countries of Jamaica, Republic of Cuba and Republic of Haiti

November 14

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI’s attendance at the 60th Anniversary Ceremony of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers

November 11

• Grant Assistance to Niue: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Economic and Social Development Programme” (Support for strengthening disaster response capability)

November 5

• Emergency Assistance to Northern Afghanistan in Response to the Earthquake
• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Cuba in Response to Hurricane “Melissa”

October, 2025

October 31

• Emergency Assistance in response to Hurricane “Melissa” disaster in Jamaica

October 30

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning the Grant Aid to the Republic of the Philippines “the Project for Strengthening Screening System for Tuberculosis in the Remote Areas”

October 22

• Signing and Exchange of Notes concerning support for geospatial data platform for the enhancement of national disaster resilience to the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Grant aid “the Economic and Social Development Programme”)

October 20

• Emergency Assistance to the United Mexican States in Response to the flood
• Grant Aid to the Lao People's Democratic Republic: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Project for the Regional Development through Acceleration of the Clearance of Unexploded Ordnance in the Southern Provinces (Phase 3)”

October 16

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning the Grant Assistance “Economic and Social Development Program” to the Republic of the Philippines (Provision of Rice Post-Harvest Handling Equipment)

October 10

• Emergency Assistance to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam in Response to the Typhoon Disaster
• Emergency assistance to the Central Philippines in response to earthquake damage

October 9

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid “the Project for the Improvement of Environment for Developing Engineers through Japanese-style Tertiary Education in Engineering” to Mongolia

October 8

• Signing and Exchange of Notes Concerning Two Yen Loan Projects to the Kingdom of Cambodia

September, 2025

September 30

• Attendance by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs MATSUMOTO Hisashi at the Opening Ceremony of Global Festa JAPAN 2025

September 25

• Grant Assistance to the Kingdom of Tonga: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Project for Enhancing Border Management Capacity through the Introduction of the eMRP (Electronic Machine-Readable Passport)”

September 19

• Emergency Grant and other humanitarian assistance in response to the earthquake disaster in eastern Afghanistan

September 16

• Grant Assistance to the Republic of Fiji Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship”

September 11

• 16th Meeting of the Japan–Philippines High Level Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation and visit to the Osaka-Kansai Expo by Economic Cabinet Ministers of the Republic of the Philippines

September 3

• Emergency Assistance to Eastern Afghanistan in Response to the Earthquake 

August, 2025

August 29

• Signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of India on the Joint Crediting Mechanism

August 26

• Regarding Press Release issued by the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Concerning “JICA Africa Hometown”

August 25

• Facts Regarding the “JICA Africa Hometown”