Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Dr. Tanaka Akihiko pays a courtesy call to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on  November 20, 2024, at the Study Room of Malacañan Palace in Manila. During their meeting, Dr. Tanaka expressed his heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent typhoons that struck the Philippines and explored potential areas for JICA's collaboration. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:300px"><grammarly-extension data-grammarly-shadow-root="true" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;pointer-events:none" class="dnXmp"></grammarly-extension><grammarly-extension data-grammarly-shadow-root="true" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;pointer-events:none" class="dnXmp"></grammarly-extension><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173211002539020241120-jica-bbm-PPA-3.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Dr. Tanaka Akihiko pays a courtesy call to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on  November 20, 2024, at the Study Room of Malacañan Palace in Manila. During their meeting, Dr. Tanaka expressed his heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent typhoons that struck the Philippines and explored potential areas for JICA&#x27;s collaboration. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday met with officials of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as it seeks to fund more disaster risk reduction projects in the country.</p><p>JICAis one of the country&#x27;s largest sources of official development assistance (ODA) to the Philippines and is funding some of the flagship infrastructure projects of the Marcos administration.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/11/20/almost-half-of-filipino-professionals-use-generative-ai-survey-1527" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New ADB partnership with PH to focus on economic growth, disaster resilience</a></div><p>JICA officials traveled to Malacañang to get the President’s input on what projects the Philippines needs funding to further improve the country’s resilience against natural disasters, its President Dr. Tanaka Akihito said during their meeting in Malacañang.</p><p>“As a country sharing a similar fate of having monsoon typhoons, the recent experience forced us to continue our collaborative work in disaster risk reduction,” the JICA chief told the Filipino leader as he extended his condolences to the victims of the recent 6 typhoons that battered the Philippines in less than a month.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/17/23/world-bank-loans-ph-500-m-for-quicker-disaster-response" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">World Bank loans PH $500 million for quicker disaster response</a></div><p>“On this occasion, we think you, Mr. President, have some observations about how to tackle these types of natural disasters and what sort of things you consider JICA can be part of your work. That will be extremely appreciated,” he said.</p><p>Marcos Jr. underscored that the issues of flood control and water management are long-standing problems in the Philippines.</p><p>“The water management problem came before. Even before, when I was still in local government,” he said.</p><p>Malacañang has yet to release other topics that were discussed during the meeting.</p><p>The Philippine President said he hopes that the country and JICA “can continue, especially the green projects we have now.”</p><p>“JICA has always been the important partner for the Philippines,” Marcos said.</p><p>“I think they are going very well and I don’t think we will have particular problems, but if there is anything more that we can do from the Philippine side, we will be happy to hear any suggestions from JICA,” he said.</p><p>Japan used to be the biggest source of the Philippines’ ODA until 2022 when it was overtaken by funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).</p><p>Several rail networks in the Philippines, including Metro Manila’s first subway, and the procurement of Philippine Coast Guard vessels are among the JICA-funded projects in the country.</p><p>A trio of destructive typhoons this month left some <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/19/typhoons-nika-ofel-pepito-leave-p478-million-damage-942" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">P478 million</a> in damage to agriculture and infrastructure in the Philippines.</p><div><strong>RELATED STORY:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ooze90gNNuY?&amp;ab_channel=ABS-CBNNewsautoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday met with officials of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as it seeks to fund more disaster risk reduction projects in the country.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday met with officials of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as it seeks to fund more disaster risk reduction projects in the country.

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JICA eyes further ‘collaborative work in disaster risk reduction’ with PH

JICA eyes further ‘collaborative work in disaster risk reduction’ with PH

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