Press Releases

1. On January 30 (Tuesday), the Government of Japan held its second Japan-FAO Strategic Consultation Meeting with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Japan was represented by Ms. Misako Takahashi, Director of the Economic Security Division, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Tatsuya Go, Director of the International Organizations Division, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. FAO was represented by Dr. Daniel Gustafson, Deputy Director-General (Programmes)

2. Building upon the collaborative efforts made since the last Consultation Meeting, Japan and FAO reviewed the progress such as; A) financial contributions from Japan to FAO including Emergency Grant Aid, B) wider public visibility of FAO’s activities and achievements in Japan and C) contributions of Japanese staff at FAO, and shared the view to further strengthen their partnership and to hold the third Japan-FAO Strategic Consultation Meeting in 2019.

3. In particular, Japan and FAO reaffirmed that they would jointly make continuous efforts to further increase the number of Japanese staff at FAO with a shared aim to meet its desired level.

4. Furthermore, Japan and FAO discussed that they would strengthen their collaboration in enhancing the humanitarian-development nexus on regional basis and in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in areas such as nutrition, forestry and climate change. They also exchanged views on the collaboration in G20 under the Japanese Presidency in 2019; the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VII) in 2019; and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and related events.