Dr Tanaka Akihiko, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
The meeting took place at 5:10pm Japan time on Monday, 26 October. JICA Senior Vice-President Hara Shohei and senior officials of the agency were present.
The prime minister recalled the productive meeting he held with the JICA president in Dhaka during the latter’s visit to Bangladesh in July 2026. He thanked Japan for its long-standing support for Bangladesh’s socio-economic development and JICA for its important contribution.
Japan’s cooperation continues to play an important role in the country’s infrastructure development, socio-economic progress and development goals, the prime minister said. He stressed continuing cooperation with Japan to improve Bangladesh’s development and people’s living standards while deepening the two countries’ long-standing friendship.
The two sides stressed completing the large Japan-assisted development projects now under way on schedule. They also discussed speeding up the approval and implementation of priority projects awaiting approval.
Given its current development priorities, Bangladesh stressed continued concessional loan support from Japan and wider technical cooperation.
Bangladesh proposed a Bangladesh–Japan Skills Partnership, the establishment of a Technological Village and Innovation City, and wider cooperation in modernising agriculture, agro-processing and light engineering.
In view of the current state of the global energy sector, Bangladesh also asked for budget support, as last year, to meet the country’s energy demand and ensure energy security.
The JICA president reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to working together for Bangladesh’s prosperity.
The prime minister expressed hope that these initiatives would strengthen the strategic partnership between Bangladesh and Japan and play an important role in the shared prosperity of both countries.
Present on the Bangladesh side were Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury; Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat; the prime minister’s adviser on finance and planning, Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir; State Minister for Foreign Affairs-1 Humayun Kabir; State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Aninda Islam Amit; the prime minister’s adviser on posts, telecommunications and ICT and on science and technology, Rehan Asif Asad; the prime minister’s special assistant on overseas employment for the Asia-Pacific region, Dr Md Shakirul Islam Khan; Economic Relations Division Secretary Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky; and the prime minister’s additional press secretary, Atiqur Rahman Rumon, along with senior government officials.
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