Japanese officials and non-profit leaders are paying a great deal of attention to issues and causes emerging across Asia. In 2008, at the Tokyo office of the World Bank, we screened an absorbing film, produced by our in-house digital media team, on our Tsunami Legal Identity and Nationality Project—an effort funded by the World Bank's Japan Social Development Trust Fund. The audience included ministry officials, academics, corporate social responsibility executives, and journalists. The screening provided an opportunity to increase awareness among Japan's influencers about the impact of Official Development Assistance—a trend gaining ground in Tokyo. The Foundation also continues to convene forums to raise awareness on transnational issues, such as human trafficking. For example, last year we organized a video-linked Korea-Japan conference on "Trafficked Koreans to Japan: who are the victims and how can we protect them?" Using the World Bank's distance learning system, development officials in Tokyo connected with those at the Korea Development Institute School for Public Policy and Management to discuss the problem affecting both countries and ways to solve it.
Japan
We promote cooperation between Japan and the United States to encourage effective development assistance in the Asia-Pacific region. We also help develop partnerships with Japanese Official Development Assistance agencies, non-profit organizations, and businesses to support projects in emerging Asia. Read country overview.