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Being able to predict floods will save lives in West Africa

February 24, 2022

Politicians use ‘fake news’ to dodge critical journalism

Interview with Yasuomi Sawa Japan a new jury member of the UNESCOGuillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

February 15, 2022

Japan and UNESCO move forward on shared priority areas

February 10, 2022

Improving tsunami readiness around the South China Sea

The South China Sea region and its neighbouring basins including the Sulu and Celebes seas comprise one of the worlds most vulnerable areas to earthquakes and tsunamis owing to seismic activity in the Manila Cotabato and Negros and Sulawesi trenches

January 13, 2022

Film director Naomi Kawase named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

November 26, 2021

Sao Tome and Principe

UNESCO’s Story for Development celebrates persons with disabilities’ achievements

Mr Kakiuchi a Japanese leading entrepreneur making a speech © 2021 Mirairo Inc Supported by the Nippon Foundation UNESCOs Story for Development is an online platform dedicated to the inspiring stories of person with disabilities around the world The platform identifies and creates an online registry of persons with disabilities success stories and their impact in the political economic academic and social spheres in their respective communities

Japan to raise its partnership with UNESCO

February 22, 2021

Japanese Biosphere Reserves in review for 50th Anniversary of UNESCO's MAB Programme

A video produced by the Japanese Biosphere Reserves Network JBRN with the cooperation of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO and the Japanese Coordinating Committee for MAB and support from the AEON Environmental Foundation has recently been released to introduce the activities of the Japanese Biosphere Reserves within the framework of the Man and the Biosphere MAB Programme

February 10, 2021

UNESCO and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs enter collaboration to strengthen the role of judicial actors in Africa on freedom of expression

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNESCO signed an agreement on 28 October 2020 supporting the Organizations work to foster freedom of expression public access to information and safety of journalists in Africa for a period of 24 months

November 10, 2020

UNESCO and Japanese Donors Held the Joint Annual Review Meeting in Paris

UNESCO Brings Together All Government Partners in Japan at Annual Review Meeting

On 27 and 28 February 2020 UNESCO hosted the 2020 Annual Review meeting with Japan to review programmes funded through voluntary contributions from Japan and plan for the future For the first time the meeting brought together all UNESCOs main government partners in Japan including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology MEXT as well as the Ministry of Land Infrastructure Transport and Tourism and the Japan International Cooperation Agency with the Japan Agency for MarineEarth Science and Technology connecting from Tokyo by skype Together these partners support a portfolio of active projects with UNESCO in excess of $ 58 million On behalf of the DirectorGeneral JeanYves Le Saux Director of the Bureau of Strategic Planning of UNESCO expressed sincere appreciation to the Government of Japan for its commitment to provide long term predictable support that was highly aligned with the expected results of UNESCOs programme He also thanked the Government for standing boldly by UNESCO in addressing major new challenges relating to the ethical dimension of Artificial Intelligence the Futures of Education the Decade of Ocean Sciences as well as the flagship initiative Revive the Spirit of Mosul The meeting was also the opportunity to review recently approved large scale programmes for Afghanistan including a $7 million nonformal education programme and a programme for the Sustainable Management of the World Heritage Property in Bamiyan for which UNESCO and Japan signed a $ 39 million agreement earlier in the week