Japanese government

BELGRADE- The Japanese government has approved a EUR 3 million grant to the Serbian government to help the rehabilitation of areas affected by massive flooding that hit Serbia in May and an agreement was reached between the two governments that the funds be used for projects for rehabilitation and reconstruction of water facilities damaged by the floods, the Serbian government's media relations

NOVI PAZAR - The ambassadors of the United Nations and Japan to Serbia, Irena Vojackova-Solorano and Masafumi Kuroki, have opened an outpatient clinic in Blazevo, near Novi Pazar, and visited the construction site of a recycling centre.

The two facilities are a result of the UN project titled Improving Human Security in Southwest Serbia, mostly funded by the Japanese government.

BELGRADE - Agreements on the first part of the Japanese government's aid for Serbia's flood recovery, worth EUR 166,418 in total, were signed at the Serbian government building on Wednesday.

BELGRAD - Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran Care and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin and Japanese Ambassador in Belgrade Masafumi Kuroki conferred on Monday concerning the ASSISTANCE to the areas hit by severe floods that surged through Serbia in may.

Japanese ambassador: Bosnia's politicians are corrupt caste

SARAJEVO -- In an unusually strongly worded statement, Japanese Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Hideo Yamazaki has criticized the host country's politicians.

Donor conference provided "favorable loans"

BELGRADE -- Marko Blagojević has said that out of EUR 995 million which donors pledged for Serbia during a conference earlier this week, "115 million are pure donations."

The rest, the head of the Serbian government's office for flood reconstruction explained, are favorable loans.

Japan "ready to send experts, take part in donor conference"

BELGRADE -- Japan is "ready to send its experts who would train relevant teams in Serbia in the field of emergency situations," a visiting Japanese official has said.

BELGRADE - Japanese Senior Vice-Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura underscored in Belgrade on Wednesday, during talks with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, that Japan is ready to send its experts who would train relevant teams in Serbia in the field of emergency situations.

BELGRADE – Japanese Senior Vice-Minister in charge of disaster management Yasutoshi Nishimura said during a meeting with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic Wednesday that Japan stood ready to participate in a donors' conference in Brussels on July 16 and to extend considerable technical assistance to Serbia’s sector managing natural disasters.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic conferred on Tuesday with Takashi Kosugi, Japanese former minister of education and MP of the Liberal Democratic Party, on fostering of the two countries' relations.

During the talks, the two officials agreed that there is a mutual interest in promotion of overall Serbian-Japanese relations, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.