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Mission

Since the opening of its Tokyo Office in 1970, the World Bank has fostered a wide range of partnerships with Japan, ranging from the Japanese government to the private sector, academics and research institutes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations.

Japan is now the second largest supplier of capital to the World Bank and an important partner to the World Bank in many fields. Japan is also one of the largest donors to trust funds that help the World Bank and its partners support the achievement of development results at global, regional, and country levels. These trust funds include:

Japan Policy and Human Resource Development Fund (PHRD)
Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF)
Climate Investment Funds (CIF)

Japan also contributes to advancement of human resources in developing countries through the World Bank Institute (WBI). Initiatives include the Scholarships Program, and joint research on Learning from Mega Disaster) and on Universal Health Coverage.

The organization has no registered commitments.

allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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Hazards

Country and region

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Publication

15 October 2020

Resilient cultural heritage : Learning from the Japanese experience (English)

This document focuses on best practices and lessons learned from Japan regarding resilient culturage heritage (CH) that might be of assistance in other contexts.

Publication

23 June 2017

Built Environment: Transforming disaster experience into a safer built environment - The case of Japan

This solutions brief offers lessons from Japan for developing countries seeking to increase the safety of the built environment through the use of building regulation as a tool, in an incremental, context-specific approach.

Publication

30 August 2016

Modernization of Japan's hydromet services: A report on lessons learned for disaster risk management

This summary report aims to provide a knowledge base for policy and decision makers that will allow governments and sponsor organisations to understand the fundamental operations of weather, climate, and hydrological services (together constituting “hydromet” services) and consequently target effective funding, in particular to developing countries.

Meetings and conferences

In person

21 July 2016

Tokyo

12th Disaster Risk Management Seminar "Road to Resilience: Managing Geohazards for Less Risky Roads in Developing Countries"

Overview Though landslides are a natural occurrence, they can be triggered by ill-conceived development and settlements in high-risk areas.

Meetings and conferences

In person

05 October 2015

Tokyo, Japan

Challenges in Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management into Development: Infrastructure and DRM

Public Seminar showcasing projects under “Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming DRM in Developing Countries” that have demonstrated how DRM can be mainstreamed into various sectors in developing countries and discuss challenges and the lesson