対ブラジルＯＤＡ、累計４４００億円＝開始６０年で記念式典－サンパウロ

　【サンパウロ時事】ブラジル・サンパウロで４日、日本の政府開発援助（ＯＤＡ）開始６０周年式典が開かれた。約２００万人の世界最大の日系人口を抱える同国には、日本からこれまでに４４００億円を超える支援が実施され、農業、製鉄、アマゾン森林保護などの分野で大きく貢献している。
　国際協力機構（ＪＩＣＡ）の北岡伸一理事長は式典で「最近ではサンパウロ州を拠点に、ほぼ全州で地域警察活動（交番システム）普及プロジェクトを展開し、治安改善に協力した」と成果を強調。今後は、両国をつなぐ人材の育成に力を入れる方針を示した。（2019/11/05-07:32）

A ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the start of Japan's official development assistance to Brazil was held Monday in Sao Paulo.
   Japan has provided aid of over 440 billion yen in total to the South American country, which has some two million people of Japanese ancestry, the world's largest such community outside Japan, making significant contributions to fields such as agriculture, iron manufacture and the preservation of Amazon forest.
   "Recently, we've helped improve the local security situation by launching a project to establish police boxes in almost all states, mainly Sao Paulo," Japan International Cooperation President Shinichi Kitaoka said at the event.
   Kitaoka also showed JICA's plans to make efforts to nurture personnel who can play as a bridge between the two countries.
   "Brazil's industries, including steel as well as paper and pulp, couldn't have achieved today's development without the help of Japan," Brazilian lawmaker Vitor Lippi said.