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BISHKEK (TCA) — With US $11.9 million from the Government of Japan, Kyrgyzstan on March 7 launched three major programs to build up the country’s civil registry, increase capacity to respond to disasters, and make schools safer. The programs will be implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UNDP in the Kyrgyz Republic reported on its website. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — On March 2, Kyrgyzstan’s Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev met in Bishkek with Shigeru Tanaka, the chairman of the board of Japan’s Tokyo Rope MFG Co. Ltd, the press service of the Economy Ministry said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Government of Japan has contributed US $500,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to empower rural women and benefit more than 2,500 households in Kyrgyzstan, the UN WFP in the Kyrgyz Republic said on January 13. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) researchers believe that in 2017 direct investors from Eurasian countries will be more active in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) countries of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, EDB’s press office said on December 27. The development of China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative is expected to become one of the stimuli for FDI inflows. Chinese investors have already begun to show interest not only in hydrocarbon production, but also in transport, infrastructure, and the power sector, says a report prepared by Eurasian Development Bank’s Centre for Integration Studies. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Japan’s Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) said on November 21 that, together with Mitsubishi Corporation, it has received a full turnkey contract order for two main equipment trains of high-efficiency power generation equipment, including gas turbines and steam turbines, for the Turakurgan thermal power plant in eastern Uzbekistan. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — A framework cooperation agreement worth US $300 million has been signed between Kazakhstan’s National Management Holding Baiterek and Japan's major bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) on financing of non-oil sector projects in Kazakhstan, Baiterek said. Continue reading
