Japan Prime Minister’s Special Advisor Kentaro Sonoura visited Palau for the second time this year to meet with the local officials and discuss some cooperation in the areas of tourism and fisheries. In an interview with the Times, Sonoura said that he had an engagement with President Tommy Remengesau, Jr., Vice President Raynold Oilouch, State […]
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One hundred children from Pacific island nations invited to Tokyo Olympics
Japan has yet to decide how many from Palau will be joining the 100 children from Pacific island nations who will be invited to watch the most-anticipated Tokyo Olympics next year. Olympic and Paralympic Minister Shunichi Suzuki, in an interview with the press during his visit in Palau on August 20, said that the organizing […]
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Japan willing to share insights for Palau’s preparation for Pacific Mini Games
Japan Olympic and Paralympic Minister Shunichi Suzuki said that his country would be willing to help share the insights they will gather in preparing for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that might be helpful to Palau in its hosting of the Pacific Mini Games in 2025. Suzuki told the Palau press that a conversation with the […]
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Palau athletes to be hosted by two Japanese towns pre-Tokyo Olympics
Koror, Palau – Two Japanese towns are hosting Palau athletes as part of its Host Town project, an initiative designed to prepare players for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics that is slated next year from July 24 until August 9. Japan Olympic and Paralympic Minister Shunichi Suzuki said in an interview with the press during his […]
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Japanese biz group visits Palau, donates baseball equipment
Around 40 members of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Japan, a group of young Japanese business persons, visited Palau to personally learn about Japan’s diplomatic and historical ties with the island nation. The group paid a courtesy call to Education Minister Sinton Soalablai yesterday, August 19, at the Ministry of Education (MOE) office to convey […]
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MOH, BOA officials to attend KCCP training in Japan
Two Palauan officials had been accepted to JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program and will be attending separate trainings in Japan. Ministry of Health’s Human Resources employee Morisang Dirrauldekel Udui will attend training called Social Participation and Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities through a Community-Based Inclusive Approach. Through the training, Udui will learn how to develop plans or […]