The Government of Japan provided emergency relief goods consisting of tents and blankets worth 12 million yen ( approximately USD 120,000) to the Republic of Zimbabwe, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In response to a request following the hailstorm which occurred from the 1st week to 3rd week of April, the goods were distributed with the co-operation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Zimbabwe office and the Department of Civil Protection in the Ministry of Local Government, Urban and Rural Development.

Principes fondamentaux

Les principes fondamentaux d’assistance japonaise pour l’Afrique sont comme suite

• Promouvoir le commerce et l’investissement privés et accélérer la croissance économique africaine (infrastructure, formation, etc).

• Promouvoir la sécurité humaine à travers l’assistance unique japonaise (agriculture, santé, éducation, paix et stabilité, etc)

The Government of Japan has decided to extend financial assistance of 409,792 US Dollars; equivalent to approximately 36,139,556 Nepalese Rupees to AMDA Multisectoral and Integrated Development Services (AMDA-MINDS) under the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects Scheme of the Government of Japan in Japan’s FY 2013.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has dispatched emergency relief supplies to the Republic of Kenya in response to the damage caused by the recent floods.

As the emergency goods to the value of 16 million JPY – including water purification tablets, plumbing tool kits and Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHK) had been procured in the country, a handover ceremony took place at 11:30am (local time) on 23rd May at the Ministry of State for Special Programmes in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi.

The money is part of a $14 billion aid package to be given to Africa over five years, which was announced at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

Long Term Monitoring Key

UNIS/INF/475

VIENNA, 31 May (UN Information Service) - "Radiation exposure following the nuclear accident at Fukushima-Daiichi did not cause any immediate health effects. It is unlikely to be able to attribute any health effects in the future among the general public and the vast majority of workers," concluded the 60 th session of the Vienna-based United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR).

By Miyoko Ishigami

MORIOKA, Japan, May 29 (KUNA) -- With financial backing from Kuwait, a mental health care center for children who suffered psychological damage from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster was inaugurated in northeastern Japan on Wednesday.

Using a fund generated from Kuwait's USD two million donation through the Japanese Red Cross Society, the 800-sq-meter Iwate Children Care Center was built on the premises of Iwate Medical University in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.

The new voters registry remains a major challenge for Yemen and its partners, said UNDP

SANA’A, 26 May 2013. The United Kingdom, Sweden and Japan announced today a contribution of US $15,200,000 in support of the coming voter registration, Referendum and electoral process in Yemen. This support will be channeled through the Multi-donors Basket Fund, administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and will serve to bolster the implementation of the Support to the Elections during the Transitional Period (SETP) project in Yemen.

Mafraq, May 26 (Petra) – A top Japanese official said on Sunday that Tokyo is fully aware of the enormous pressures placed on Jordan due to an ongoing exodus of Syrian refugees into the resource-poor Kingdom. Speaking during a tour of the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, Japanese Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Suzuki Syunichi noted "the humanitarian and tolerant spirit" displayed by the Kingdom as it continues to take in refugees from its northern neighbour.