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Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Japan's ODA White Paper 2002

Part II. Reference

History of Japan's Assistance to Developing Countries
(1945 to January 2003)

Developments in Japanese
Economic Cooperation 		Developments in International Economic
Cooperation and Major World Events
Dec. 1945 Bretton Woods Convention comes into effect.
Dec. 1945 International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, "World Bank") are founded.
Jul. 1946 Provision of food and medical supplies to Japan under the Government Aid and Relief in Occupied Areas (GARIOA) plan begins.
Jun. 1947 Provision of material supplies to Japan under the Economic Rehabilitation in Occupied Areas (EROA) plan begins.
Aug. 1948 Provision of material supplies to Japan under the Economic Rehabilitation in Occupied Areas (EROA) plan begins.
Jan. 1949 US announces Point Four Program.
Jan. 1949 Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) is established by the Soviet Union and five countries of Eastern Europe.
Apr. 1949 North Atlantic Treaty is signed to establish NATO.
Dec. 1950 Export Bank of Japan is founded (renamed Export-Import Bank of Japan in April 1952). Jan. 1950 Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic Development in South and Southeast Asia is inaugurated.
Jun. 1950 Korean War begins.
Sep. 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between Japan and the United States of America are signed.
Aug. 1952 Japan joins the World Bank and the IMF.
Aug. 1952 A basic reparations policy is formulated.
Oct. 1953 World Bank makes its first loans to Japan.
Apr. 1954 Asian Cooperation Foundation is founded.
Oct. 1954 Japan participates in the Colombo Plan.
Nov. 1954 Japan-Burma Peace Treaty and the Agreement on Reparations and Economic Cooperation are signed.
Jul. 1955 Agreement between Japan and Thailand concerning Settlement of "Special Yen Problem" is signed. Apr. 1955 Conference of African and Asian Nations is held in Bandung.
Sep. 1955 Japan joins the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
May. 1956 Japan-Philippines Agreement on Reparations is signed. Dec. 1956 Japan is granted membership to the United Nations.
Apr. 1957 Preinvestment basic surveys start (prototype of development studies).
Jan. 1958 Japan-Indonesia Peace Treaty and the Agreement on Reparations and Economic Cooperation are signed. Jan. 1958 European Economic Community (EEC) is founded.
Feb. 1958 Yen Loans begin (Japan-India Exchange of Notes is signed). Apr. 1958 First Conference of Independent African Nations is held.
Oct. 1958 Japan-Laos Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation is signed.
Mar. 1959 Japan-Cambodia Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation is signed. Dec. 1959 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is founded.
Apr. 1959 Overseas Technological Training Center begins activities (prototype of project-type technical cooperation).
May. 1959 Japan–South Viet Nam Agreement on Reparations is signed.
Mar. 1960 Japan joins the DAG. Jan. 1960 Oliver Franks points out the importance of North-South issues.
Dec. 1960 Japan joins the IDA. Jan. 1960 Development Assistance Group (DAG) is founded.
Sep. 1960 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
Sep. 1960 International Development Association (IDA, "Second World Bank") is founded.
Dec. 1960 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is founded.
Mar. 1961 Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) is founded. Oct. 1961 Development Assistance Committee (DAC, formerly DAG) is established. Japan is a founding member country.
Jun. 1961 Council of Foreign Economic Cooperation is established. Nov. 1961 United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is established.
Dec. 1961 UN Decade of Development is adopted at the 16th UN General Assembly.
Jan. 1962 US-Japan agreement on the repayment of GARIOA and EROA debts is signed. Sep. 1962 DAC Chairman's Report is published for the first time.
Jan. 1962 Agreement between Japan and Thailand concerning the Settlement of "Special Yen Problems" is signed. Oct. 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Jun. 1962 DAC conducts the first annual review of assistance to Japan.
Jun. 1962 Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency (OTCA) is founded.
Mar. 1963 Japan-Burma Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation is signed. May. 1963 Organization of African Unity (OAU) Charter is signed.
Apr. 1964 Japan joins the OECD. Feb. 1964 Prebisch Report entitled "Towards a New Trade Policy for Development" is published.
Apr. 1964 Provision program of equipment and materials begins. Mar. 1964 First United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is held.
Nov. 1964 African Development Bank (AfDB) is founded.
Feb. 1965 US begins bombing North Viet Nam.
Apr. 1965 Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) program is inaugurated.
Apr. 1965 DAC adopts new Recommendations on Financial Terms and Conditions, which suggest measures related to aid tying.
Jul. 1966 Two Step loans start. Jan. 1966 United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is founded.
    Aug. 1966 Asian Development Bank (ADB) is founded; Japan becomes a founding member.
Jan. 1967 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is founded.
Jul. 1967 European Community (EC) is founded.
Aug. 1967 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Jul. 1968 Commodity loans start. Feb. 1968 UNCTAD Second Session declares an ODA target of 1% of GNP.
Jul. 1968 Food Aid starts.
Jul. 1968 Acceptance of trainees reaches 10,000.
1969 General Grant Aid starts. Oct. 1969 Pearson Report entitled "Partners on Development" is announced.
Apr. 1969 Japan announces a two-fold increase in aid to Asia within a period of five years at the second ADB Annual Meeting.    
Oct. 1970 UN adopts the Tinbergen Report and a resolution on the Second UN Development Decade.
Apr. 1971 MOFA launches subsidy program for local governments and communities. Aug. 1971 US announces a new economic policy ("Nixon Shock").
Dec. 1971 Meeting of finance ministers from 10 countries agrees to multilateral currency alignment, establishing the Smithsonian System.
Apr. 1972 Japan declares an ODA target of 0.7% of GNP at UNCTAD. Jun. 1972 UN Conference on Human Environment is held in Stockholm.
May. 1972 Introduction of untied loans is approved by the cabinet. Jun. 1972 Diplomatic relations are normalized between Japan and the People's Republic of China.
Oct. 1972 DAC adopts new Recommendation on Terms and Conditions of Aid (Definition of ODA).
1973 Grant Aid for Fisheries starts. Oct. 1973 Ministerial meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decides to raise posted price of crude oil, triggering the first oil crisis.
Aug. 1974 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is founded. May. 1974 UN General Assembly Special Session on Raw Materials and Development adopts a declaration to establish a New International Economic Order (NIEO) and a special project to support Most Seriously Affected Countries (MSAC) by the oil crisis.
Mar. 1975 Third Country Training Program starts. Feb. 1975 Lome Convention is signed.
Mar. 1975 Japan–Saudi Arabia Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation is signed. Aug. 1975 UN World Population Conference is held in Bucharest.
Apr. 1975 Cultural Grant Aid starts. Sep. 1975 UN General Assembly Special Session on Development and International Economic Cooperation is held.
Jul. 1975 Ministerial Council for External Economic Cooperation is established.
Jul. 1975 Yen Loan activities are transferred to the OECF.
Jul. 1976 Japan joins the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Feb. 1976 First ASEAN Summit is held in Bali.
Jul. 1976 Japan completes reparations to the Philippines.
Apr. 1977 Grant Aid for Increase of Food Production starts. Nov. 1977 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is founded.
Aug. 1977 Fukuda Doctrine is announced.
Feb. 1978 DAC further strengthens recommendations on Terms and Conditions, increasing the grant element target. Aug. 1978 World Bank publishes the first "World Development Report."
Apr. 1978 Grant Aid for Debt Relief starts. Aug. 1978 Japan-China Treaty of Peace and Friendship is signed.
Jul. 1978 First Medium-Term Target of ODA (a plan to double ODA in three years) is announced at the G7 Summit in Bonn.
Dec. 1979 Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira visits China and announces the first round of Yen Loans to China. May. 1979 Brandt Commission's report entitled "North-South: A Program for Survival" is published.
Dec. 1980 UN General Assembly adopts the International Development Strategy for the Third UN Development Decade.
Jan. 1981 Second Medium-Term Target of ODA (a plan to double ODA in five years) is announced. Oct. 1981 North-South Summit, the International Meeting on Cooperation and Development, is held in Cancun.
Jan. 1981 Economic Cooperation Evaluation Committee is established.
Sep. 1982 Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues the first version of the "Annual Evaluation Report on Japan's Economic Cooperation." Aug. 1982 Mexico declares a moratorium on debt repayments, beginning of debt crisis.
Feb. 1983 Japan joins the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Mar. 1984 Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues the first edition of "Japan's Official Development Assistance." Jun. 1984 First meeting of Latin American debtor countries is held in Cartagena.
Mar. 1984 Second round of Yen Loans to China is announced. Aug. 1984 United Nations International Conference on Population adopts the Mexico City Declaration on Population and Development.
Sep. 1985 Third Medium-Term Target of ODA is announced. Sep. 1985 Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Five countries agree on the Plaza Accord.
Jul. 1986 Structural Adjustment Loans (SAL) with the World Bank start.
May. 1987 Japan announces the "Financial Recycling Scheme," which increases ODA to compensate for its growing trade surplus.
Jul. 1987 Nonproject grant aid for structural adjustment support starts.
Sep. 1987 Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team is founded.
Oct. 1987 International Cooperation Day is established.
May. 1988 Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita announces an initiative for international cooperation in London. Sep. 1988 Paris Club agrees on the Toronto Terms.
Jun. 1988 Fourth Medium-Term Target of ODA is announced.
Jul. 1988 Management and Coordination Agency issues a report on the Administrative Inspection Concerning ODA.
Apr. 1989 Grant Aid for Grassroots Projects and NGO Project Subsidies start. Jun. 1989 Tiananmen Square incident occurs in Beijing.
Jul. 1989 Government announces its intention to strengthen environmental cooperation to developing countries at the G7 Summit in Arche. Nov. 1989 Collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Sep. 1989 Management and Coordination Agency issues a report on the Second Administrative Inspection Concerning ODA.
Dec. 1989 Japan becomes the top ODA donor among DAC countries for the first time.
Apr. 1990 Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) is founded. May. 1990 "UNDP Human Development Report" is published for the first time.
Jun. 1990 Evaluation Office is established in MOFA's Economic Cooperation Bureau. Aug. 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait.
Jul. 1990 Japan completes repayment of World Bank loans. Oct. 1990 Unification of Germany.
Oct. 1990 The final meeting of the South Commission adopts its report, "The Challenge to the South."
Dec. 1990 International Development Strategy for the Fourth UN Development Decade is adopted.
Jan. 1991 Postal Savings for International Voluntary Aid program starts. Feb. 1991 Gulf crisis ends.
Apr. 1991 The four key principles for implementing ODA are formulated. Apr. 1991 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is founded; Japan is one of the founding members.
Jul. 1991 Leaders at the London Summit decide on emergency support measures for the Soviet Union.
Dec. 1991 Soviet Union collapses; Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is established.
Jun. 1992 Japan participates in the Earth Summit and announces that Japan's environmental ODA will increase to between ¥900 billion and ¥1 trillion in the five years from fiscal year 1992. Jun. 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, "Earth Summit") is held in Rio de Janeiro.
Jun. 1992 Japan's Official Development Assistance Charter is approved by the cabinet.
Nov. 1992 Yen Loans to Viet Nam resume.
Jun. 1993 Fifth Medium-Term Target of ODA and the funds for Development Initiative are announced. May. 1993 General election is held in Cambodia.
Jul. 1993 Common Agenda for Cooperation in Global Perspective is announced as a result of Japan-US Framework Talks. Sep. 1993 Israel and the PLO sign the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements.
Sep. 1993 Japan co-hosts the first meeting of the International Committee on Reconstruction of Cambodia (ICORC) in Paris.
Oct. 1993 Japan co-hosts the Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
Oct. 1993 Plaza for International Cooperation is established.
Feb. 1994 Japan announces the Global Issues Initiative (GII) on Population and AIDS. Apr. 1994 General election is held in the Republic of South Africa.
Apr. 1994 International volunteer compensation scheme starts as part of the subsidy system for NGO projects. Aug. 1994 Tenth International Conference on AIDS is held in Yokohama.
Dec. 1994 Fourth round of Yen Loans to China is announced. Sep. 1994 International Conference on Population and Development is held in Cairo.
Dec. 1994 Paris Club agrees on the Naples Terms.
Dec. 1994 First Asia-Africa Forum is held in Bandung.
Feb. 1995 Ministerial Meeting of the Forum for Comprehensive Development of Indochina is hosted by Japan in Tokyo. Mar. 1995 World Summit for Social Development is held in Copenhagen.
Apr. 1995 WID (Women in Development) support projects are included in the subsidy system for NGO projects. Sep. 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women is held in Beijing.
May. 1995 Emergency Grant Aid for Democratization is commenced. Nov. 1995 Osaka meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) agrees on the Partnership for Progress (PFP) mechanism to promote economic and technical cooperation within APEC.
Aug. 1995 Grant Aid to China is suspended in principle. Dec. 1995 Bosnia Peace Agreement is signed in Paris.
Sep. 1995 Japan announces its Initiative on WID at the Fourth World Conference on Women.    
Sep. 1995 Official Japanese ODA logo is decided.    
Apr. 1996 Comprehensive regional development projects are included in the subsidy system for NGO projects. Mar. 1996 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is held in Bangkok.
Apr. 1996 Japan's Initiatives on Assistance to Africa are announced. May. 1996 DAC Development Partnership Strategy is adopted at the DAC High-Level Meeting.
May. 1996 Japan-China Comprehensive Forum on Environmental Cooperation is inaugurated. Nov. 1996 World Food Summit is held in Rome.
Aug. 1996 "Report on the Strategies for Development of Greater Mekong Area" is released.
Mar. 1997 Grant Aid to China is recommenced. Jun. 1997 Special Session of the UN General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21 (Earth Summit + 5) is held.
Mar. 1997 Management and Coordination Agency releases the report of the Administrative Inspection Concerning ODA on Yen Loans. Jun. 1997 Second Asia-Africa Forum is held in Bangkok.
Apr. 1997 Grant aid for child health is introduced. Jul. 1997 Thai baht plunges in value, triggering the Asian currency and financial crisis.
Apr. 1997 JICA commissions works aimed at expediting the proper disbursement of Food Aid. Dec. 1997 Signing Conference of Mine Ban Convention.
Apr. 1997 Council on ODA Reforms for the 21st Century is launched. Dec. 1997 Third Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is held in Kyoto.
May. 1997 Council on ODA Reforms makes urgent statement on fiscal structural reform.
Jun. 1997 Cabinet decides a policy on the promotion of fiscal structural reform.
Jun. 1997 Japan announces the Initiatives for Sustainable Development Toward the 21st Century (ISD) at the Earth Summit + 5.
Sep. 1997 Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto visits China, where he proposes a bilateral agreement on environmental cooperation.
Sep. 1997 Japan-China Environmental Cooperation Toward the 21st Century is agreed in principle.
Nov. 1997 Second Japan-China Comprehensive Forum on Environmental Cooperation is held.
Dec. 1997 At the Signing Conference of the Mine Ban Convention in Ottawa, Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi announces Japan's pledge to provide approximately ¥10 billion over five years for mine clearance and victim assistance.
Dec. 1997 Japan announces the Kyoto Initiative (Assistance to Developing Countries for Combating Global Warming).
Dec. 1997 Prime Minister Hashimoto proposes the Japan-ASEAN Program for Comprehensive Human Resources Development on his visit to ASEAN countries.
Dec. 1997 Fiscal Structural Reform Act is enacted, which provides that the ODA budget will be reduced over the next three years.
Jan. 1998 Council on ODA Reforms presents its final report. May. 1998 India and Pakistan conduct underground nuclear tests.
Feb. 1998 Emergency economic stabilization measures for Southeast Asia are announced. May. 1998 Indonesian President Suharto resigns.
Mar. 1998 Japan-US Common Agenda Open Forum is held. Jun. 1998 UN General Assembly holds the Special Session on the World Drug Problem.
Apr. 1998 MOFA-NGO Regular Meetings are launched. Nov. 1998 Fourth Session of Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires adopts the Buenos Aires Plan of Action.
May. 1998 Suspension, in principle, of new grant aid and yen loans to India and Pakistan. Dec. 1998 Ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is held in New York.
Jun. 1998 Enactment of the Basic Law on the Administrative Reform of the Central Government.
Jun. 1998 Foreign Economic Cooperation Council presents its report entitled "On Promotional Measures for Future Economic Cooperation."
Jul. 1998 In presiding over his first cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Obuchi cites the need for steps to improve transparency and efficiency of ODA.
Oct. 1998 Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD II) is held.
Oct. 1998 New Miyazawa Initiative is announced.
Nov. 1998 Japan dispatches an SDF unit to hurricane-devastated Honduras in its first overseas deployment as a Japan Disaster Relief Team.
Nov. 1998 Overseas Economic Cooperation-related ministries and agencies agree on the promotion of transparency and efficiency of ODA.
Nov. 1998 Japan-China summit meeting is held. A joint announcement is issued on Japan-China Environmental Cooperation Toward the 21st Century, and agreement is reached on the "latter two-year" portion of the fourth round of Yen Loans to China.
Dec. 1998 Special Yen Loan facility to assist economic structural reform is announced.
Feb. 1999 Consultative Group Meeting for Cambodia is held in Tokyo. May. 1999 Nigerian President Obasanjo is inaugurated.
Apr. 1999 Chief Cabinet Secretary announces Japan's proposal for debt-relief measures targeted at Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. Jun. 1999 General election is held in Indonesia, following which Abdurrahman Wahid is inaugurated as president.
Apr. 1999 Announcement is made of Japan's contribution to Kosovo totaling approximately $200 million. Jun. 1999 Thabo Mbeki is elected president of South Africa.
Apr. 1999 Overseas Training Support Program is launched as part of the NGO Project Subsidy System. Jun. 1999 The Cologne Debt Initiative is agreed at the Cologne Summit.
Jun. 1999 Japan announces aid to South Africa responding to the inauguration of President Mbeki. Jun. 1999 UN General Assembly Special Session on the International Conference on Population and Development is held in New York.
Jun. 1999 OECD-DAC issues its report on the review of Japan's development cooperation policy and plans. Aug. 1999 China conducts a missile launch test.
Jun. 1999 International Symposium on "Development: With a Special Focus on Human Security" is held. Aug. 1999 East Timor residents vote for independence from Indonesia in a popular referendum.
Jul. 1999 LDP Special Committee on External Economic Cooperation announces its proposal for strategic implementation of economic cooperation toward the 21st century. Sep. 1999 World Bank/IMF Joint Development Committee decides a concrete plan of action under the enhanced HIPC Initiative.
Aug. 1999 Medium-Term Policy on Official Development Assistance is announced. Oct. 1999 Fifth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is held in Bonn.
Aug. 1999 JICA experts are abducted in Kyrgyz.
Aug. 1999 Mission for Revitalization of Asian Economy is dispatched. Nov. 1999 Informal ASEAN summit and ASEAN + 3 (Japan, Korea, China) summit meetings are held in Manila.
Aug. 1999 TICAD II High Level Seminar on Africa's External Debt is held in Kenya. Dec. 1999 General Robert Guei replaces Cote d'Ivoire President Henri Konan Bedie in a military coup.
Aug. 1999 House of Councillors Committee on Oversight of Administration adopts a resolution on ODA.
Sep. 1999 Humanitarian assistance survey mission is dispatched to East Timor.
Sep. 1999 First group of ODA Citizen-Monitors is dispatched.
Sep. 1999 Additional emergency grant assistance for earthquake-stricken areas of northwest Turkey is announced (shipment of temporary housing units using three SDF vessels).
Sep. 1999 Japan provides emergency relief for earthquake victims in Taiwan.
Sep. 1999 Tokyo International Conference on Semipalatinsk is held.
Oct. 1999 Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is established.
Oct. 1999 JICA experts abducted in Kyrgyz are released.
Nov. 1999 Third meeting of the Japan-China Comprehensive Forum on Environmental Cooperation is held.
Nov. 1999 The "Obuchi Plan" for enhancing human resources development and exchange in East Asia is announced at the ASEAN + 3 (Japan, Korea, China) summit meeting in Manila.
Jan. 2000 Reforms of JICA's organization are undertaken. Apr. 2000 World Education Forum is held in Dakar.
Jan. 2000 Target countries and sectors for Japan's Special Yen Loans are expanded. Apr. 2000 Second Japan-South Pacific Forum Summit Meeting is held in Miyazaki.
Jan. 2000 Country Assistance Programs are formulated for Viet Nam, Egypt, Tanzania, and Ghana. May. 2000 Third Asia Africa Forum is held in Kuala Lumpur.
Mar. 2000 Inter-Ministerial Meeting on Official Development Assistance is held. Jun. 2000 UN General Assembly Special Session: Women 2000 is held.
Mar. 2000 Deputy-ministerial-level plenary meeting of the Japan-US Common Agenda is held. Jun. 2000 UN General Assembly Special Session: Social Summit + 5 is held.
Mar. 2000 Country Assistance Programs are formulated for Thailand and Bangladesh. Jul. 2000 Leaders of developing countries meet with G8 leaders.
Mar. 2000 Report on Reform of Japan's ODA Evaluation System is issued. Jul. 2000 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit is held.
Apr. 2000 Long List of future candidate projects for Yen Loans to Viet Nam is confirmed. Sep. 2000 UN Millennium Summit is held.
Apr. 2000 Japan announces additional debt-relief measures for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. Sep. 2000 UN Millennium Assembly is held.
Apr. 2000 Start of Grant Assistance for NGOs' Emergency Relief Projects in fiscal year 2000. Oct. 2000 Slobodan Milosevic is ousted as Yugoslav president.
Apr. 2000 Measures to prevent improper and inappropriate activities that pertain to ODA projects are introduced. Oct. 2000 Israelis and Palestinians clash as the Middle East peace process breaks down.
Jul. 2000 "Action from Japan on 'Conflict and Development,'" "Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society," "Japan's Comprehensive Cooperation Package to Address the International Digital Divide," and "Okinawa Infectious Diseases Initiative" are announced. Oct. 2000 Laurent Gbagbo becomes new president of Côte d'Ivoire.
Jul. 2000 International Symposium on IT and Development Cooperation is held. Oct. 2000 Third ASEM summit meeting is held in Seoul.
Jul. 2000 First meeting of the Advisory Group on Japan's Economic Cooperation to China in the 21st Century is held. Nov. 2000 Sixth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is held in the Hague.
Aug. 2000 Country Assistance Programs are formulated for Kenya, the Philippines, and Peru. Nov. 2000 ASEAN + 3 summit meeting is held.
Aug. 2000 Proposals of the Council on the Yen Loan Scheme are announced.
Aug. 2000 Japan Platform is established.
Sep. 2000 Foreign Economic Cooperation Council releases its report "On Promoting -Economic Cooperation Emphasizing People.'"
Oct. 2000 Ceremony to commemorate 20 years of Japan-China economic cooperation is held in Beijing.
Oct. 2000 Kyoto Meeting on Polio Eradication in the Western Pacific Region is held.
Oct. 2000 First Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Mission is dispatched to the Philippines, Thailand, and Cambodia.
Dec. 2000 Okinawa International Conference on Infectious Diseases is held.
Dec. 2000 Liberal Democratic Party Subcommittee on Economic Cooperation Evaluation issues the Summary of and Guidelines for Economic Assistance to China.
Dec. 2000 Japan Association of NGOs for Agriculture and Rural Development (JANARD) is established.
Jan. 2001 Amendments to the MOFA Establishment Law take effect following the enactment of the Basic Law for Central Government Reform. Apr. 2001 African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Other Related Infectious Diseases is held in Abuja, Nigeria.
Jan. 2001 Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori visits Africa. Apr. 2001 Commission on Human Security is established.
Jan. 2001 Japan NGO Network for Education (JNNE) is established. Apr. 2001 OECD-DAC agrees on the recommendation on untying ODA to the Least Developed Countries.
Jan. 2001 Emergency Aid is provided for earthquake disaster relief in El Salvador. May 2001 Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries is held.
Feb. 2001 Assistance Package is provided for earthquake disaster relief in India. Jun. 2001 UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS is held.
Feb. 2001 Second ICT Mission is dispatched to Indonesia, Singapore, Viet Nam, and Malaysia. Jul. 2001 "Fourth Donors" Meeting on East Timor is held in Canberra.
Mar. 2001 Long List of future candidate projects for Yen Loans to China is announced. Jul. 2001 Genoa G8 Summit is held.
Mar. 2001 Okinawa Workshop on Trade-Related Capacity Building is held. Jul. 2001 Resumed Sixth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is held in Bonn.
Apr. 2001 Project Development Support is introduced in NGO project subsidies. Sep. 2001 Terrorist attacks in the United States.
May 2001 First meeting of the Second Consultative Committee on ODA Reform is held. Oct. 2001 Ceremonies are held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Colombo Plan.
Jun. 2001 Third ICT Mission is dispatched to South Africa and Tunisia. Oct. 2001 Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting on HIV/AIDS and Development is held in Melbourne.
Jul. 2001 First Inter-Ministerial Liaison Meeting on ODA Evaluation is held. Oct. 2001 APEC summit is held in Shanghai.
Aug. 2001 Second Consultative Committee on ODA Reform issues its interim report. Oct. 2001 UNESCO's Meeting of the High-Level Group on Education for All is held in Paris.
Oct. 2001 International symposium on infectious diseases is held in Tokyo. Oct. 2001 Seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is held in Marrakech.
Oct. 2001 Economic Cooperation Program for China is announced. Nov. 2001 Senior Officials Meeting on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan is held in Washington.
Oct. 2001 Japan decides to discontinue the economic measures it implemented in response to the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan. Nov. 2001 Representatives of groups in Afghanistan hold a conference in Bonn and reach an agreement on the establishment of an Interim Authority.
Nov. 2001 Tokyo Workshop on ODA Evaluation is held.
Dec. 2001 TICAD ministerial-level meeting is held in Tokyo.
Dec. 2001 International Conference on the Reconstruction of Afghanistan is held in Tokyo.
Dec. 2001 International Symposium on Human Security is held in Tokyo.
Feb. 2002 Country Assistance Programs are formulated for Cambodia and Malaysia
Jan. 2002
 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits ASEAN countries.
Mar. 2002 Second Consultative Committee on ODA Reform issues its final report. Jan. 2002 International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan is held in Tokyo, where countries pledge to provide up to $500 million over two-and-a-half years.
Apr. 2002 JBIC announces its Guidelines for Confirmation of Environmental and Social Considerations.
Jan. 2002
 OECD-DAC's Recommendation on Untying ODA to the Least Developed Countries is implemented.
Jun. 2002 Board on Comprehensive ODA Strategy holds its first meeting. Mar. 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development is held in Monterrey, Mexico.
Jun. 2002 Prime Minister Koizumi announces the initiative "Solidarity between Japan and Africa: Concrete Actions." Apr. 2002 G8 Environment Ministers Meeting is held in Canada.
Jun. 2002 Basic Education for Growth Initiative (BEGIN) is announced. Apr. 2002 World Bank/IMF Development Committee holds a meeting in Washington.
Jun. 2002 Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects is launched. Apr. 2002 Prime Minister Koizumi visits Asia-Pacific countries.
Jun. 2002 Terms and Conditions on Yen Loans are improved (including the introduction of the Special Terms for Economic Partnership). May 2002 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children is held.
Jul. 2002 Fifteen Specific Measures for ODA Reform are announced. May 2002 Ministerial meeting is held at the Fourth Session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Bali.
Jul. 2002 Final Report of the Advisory Board for the reform of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is announced. Jun. 2002 World Food Summit: Five Years Later is held in Rome.
Jul. 2002 Task Force on Foreign Relations for the Prime Minister (chaired by Special Advisor to the Cabinet Yukio Okamoto) issues "Japan's ODA Strategy." Jun. 2002 G8 Kananaskis Summit is held.
Jul. 2002 Grassroots Technical Cooperation Program starts. Aug. 2002 Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi visits Myanmar.
Aug. 2002 Several private-sector members of the Board on Comprehensive ODA Strategy issue emergency recommendations on the ODA budget. Aug. 2002 Foreign Minister Kawaguchi visits Africa.
Aug. 2002 Initiative for Development in East Asia (IDEA) Ministerial Meeting is held in Tokyo. Aug. 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development is held in Johannesburg.
Aug. 2002 Japan decides to provide Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects for procurement of anti-personnel landmine removers and detectors. Sep. 2002 G8 Development Ministers Meeting is held in Windsor, Canada.
Aug. 2002 Environmental Conservation Initiative for Sustainable Development (EcoISD) is announced. Sep. 2002 Foreign Minister Kawaguchi visits China.
Aug. 2002 Action Program is announced based on the final report of the Advisory Board for the reform of MOFA. Oct. 2002 APEC Joint Ministerial Meeting is held in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Oct. 2002 Fourth meeting of the Japan-China Comprehensive Forum on Environmental Cooperation is held in Beijing.
Oct. 2002 Country Assistance Programs are formulated for Tunisia, Zambia, and Nicaragua. Oct. 2002 APEC Economic Leaders' meeting is held in Los Cabos.
Nov. 2002 Second Tokyo Workshop on ODA Evaluation is held. Nov. 2002 ASEAN + 3 Summit Meeting is held in Phnom Penh.
Dec. 2002 Law to turn JICA into an Independent Administrative Institution is enacted.
Dec. 2002 ODA Reform: Implementation of Three Measures is announced.
Dec. 2002 Report is issued by the Advisory Group on International Cooperation for Peace.
Jan. 2003 Foreign Minister Kawaguchi visits Sri Lanka and India.
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