Japanese government allocated grants totaling $215,000 to procure medical equipment for a pediatric oncology center, a perinatal center and Bukhara branch of the Emergency Medical Aid Center.
Termez Youth Hub was launched by United Nations Development Program as part of a project funded by the government of Japan.
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida canceled his planned four-day trip to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia because of a risk of a massive earthquake in Japan. Flags of Uzbekistan and Japan were hung in the streets of Tashkent in anticipation of the visit.
Japan will grant to Uzbekistan four additional medical mobile containers valued at over $6 million. These containers are equipped with CT scanners, ultrasound machines, X-ray devices and other medical equipment, and can be deployed at remote districts, including during emergencies.
Uzbekistan will receive from Japan a loan worth over $246.2 million to support economic reforms and socially vulnerable groups.
Two companies from Uzbekistan, Alfa Beta Creative and GFK Logistics Asia, were included in Japan’s sanctions list. Prior to this, both the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions against them.
Emperor Naruhito of Japan handed the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov one of the highest awards of Japan: the Order of the Rising Sun.
The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers have committed to collaborating on Central Asian challenges, such as the fallout from Russia’s aggression, Afghanistan’s destabilization, and food and energy insecurity, among other issues at their recent meeting in Japan.
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