The Expansion of the Local Currency Settlement Framework between Bank Indonesia and the Ministry of Finance of Japan

Expand the eligibility criteria for hedging to also include direct investment transactions with anticipatory basis documents and extend the hedging tenor based on the anticipatory basis document to more than one year

The Provision of COVID-19 vaccines to the Independent State of Samoa through the COVAX facility

The Government of Japan has decided to provide approximately 110,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in Japan, through the COVAX facility, to the Independent State of Samoa, as part of assistance by Japan to contribute to the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in Samoa. The vaccines are scheduled to arrive in Samoa on August 19.

Japan vows bigger security role in Asia-Pacific to tackle threats

Prime Minister Kishida announces plans to boost country’s diplomatic and security role amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dies after being shot

NHK and Kyodo announce Abe’s death, hours after the 67-year-old was shot while campaigning in the city of Nara.

Japan provides food assistance worth USD 1.5 million to Sri Lanka

The donation was a part of food assistance pledged by the Japan government earlier this year, to Sri Lanka, where more than 6 million people - nearly 30 percent of the population, are facing a worsening food crisis.