Campaign for Rigorous Policies for the JBIC

FoE-J is running a campaign requesting rigorous guidelines and efficient staffing for environmental/social sustainability and transparency in JBIC operations, in order at least to be comparable with international standards such as World Bank Guidelines or OECD/DAC Guidelines ...

FOEJ's Campaign on Japan's ECAs and Merger of JEXIM and OECF

San Roque Multipurpose Dam Project (Philippines)

The San Roque Multipurpose Project in the Philippines is a BOT (Build, Operate and Transfer) project by a consortium of Japanese and US companies with total project costs of $1.05 billion, and the JEXIM alone is going to provide $500 million loans in total. The project consists of a 345MW hydropower plant, irrigation, water quality management, and flood control projects. This Communities of Ibaloy, indigenous people living upstream of the dam, are strongly opposing the project, insisting that they will lose their access to land as a consequence of the project ...

Sakhalin II Oil Development Project in Russia

The Sakhalin II Project in Russia is developing oil and natural gas reserves that will be exported to Japan, Korea and other countries. It is co-funded by JEXIM, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and EBRD. The project could greatly damage fisheries and ecosystems in the Sea of Okhotsk as the, are inadequate ...

Sondu Miriu Hydropower Project(Kenya)