IP/C/W/656/Add.1  
 
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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
REPORT ON THE IMPLEM ENTATION OF ARTICLE 66.2  
OF THE TRIPS AGREEME NT 
JAPAN  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 2 0 September  2019, from the delegation of Japan is being 
circulated pursuant to paragraph 1 of the Decision on Implementation of Article 66.2 of the 
TRIPS  Agreement (IP/C/28).  
 
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1.  The Government of Japan has been conducting development cooperation activities in many fields. 
One of the most important objectives of these cooperation activities is to pr omote and encourage 
the transfer of technology.  
2.  Japan understands that incentives for technology transfer should be interpreted to include a 
variety of measures such as financial support and business environment support, and that supporting 
the business en vironment by strengthening intellectual property protection is one of several effective 
measures to promote technology transfer by private sectors. Based on this understanding, Japan 
has provided many incentive measures.  
3.  With regard to the incentives prov ided by Japan to enterprises and institutions in Japan, the 
Government of Japan would like to report on the following activities. The Government of Japan 
believes that the following activities contribute to raising the level of technological infrastructure  in 
least developed countries (LDCs), which will bring about further technology transfer.  
1  ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKE N BY TECHNICAL COOPE RATION ORGANIZATIONS  
1.1  JICA  
4.  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provides technical cooperation through ODA, 
through wh ich knowledge and technologies are transferred. The scale of operations for technical 
cooperation through JICA amounts to approximately JPY 192.3 billion for FY 2017. Some examples 
of technical cooperation for LDC Members are listed in Table 1 attached in the Annex.  
5.  Under the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) 
programme, JICA collaborates with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Japan 
Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), as the fund ing agencies for science and 
technology, to promote international joint research projects with developing countries, aimed at 
resolving global issues. JST/AMED support Japanese research institutions/researchers for the project 
activities in Japan. JICA sup ports project implementation in developing countries, such as 
dispatching Japanese experts (researchers), providing equipments and training of personnel, and 
other supports related to the project in developing countries in the framework of ODA technical 
cooperation. SATREPS projects implemented with LDC members are listed in Table 2 attached in the 
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  6.  In 2013, JICA launched a new public -private partnership programme, "Collaboration Program 
with the Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technology ", which aims to promote 
understanding of Japanese enterprises ' technology, knowledge and system and to explore the 
possibility of using them for the development of developing countries. Some examples of projects 
implemented under this programme are listed in  Table 3 attached in the Annex. The programme 
title was revised into "SDGs Business Verification Survey with Private Sector ". 
1.2  AOTS  
7.  The Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS), which 
was renamed on July 1 2017 from  The Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development 
Association (HIDA), provides various programmes as regards technical cooperation for developing 
countries.  
1.2.1   Technical Training  
8.  Training is conducted for engineers and managers invited to Japan from deve loping countries as 
trainees. Its programmes include practical trainings implemented by private companies, which allows 
trainees to acquire skills and techniques in specific fields. In 201 8, AOTS provided technical training 
courses for engineers and manage rs of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Nepal (see 
Table 4 attached in the Annex).  
1.2.2   Management Training  
9.  Engineers along with middle and top managers etc. from developing countries are invited to 
Japan to acquire business or factory management skill s and techniques through understanding 
management concepts and observing actual examples of their usage. In 201 8, AOTS provided 
management training courses for middle and top managers of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, 
Myanmar, Nepal , Sudan  and Tanzania  (see Table 5 attached in the Annex).  
10.  AOTS  experts provide technical guidance and advice to local companies, and contribute to 
improvements in areas such as manufacturing technologies and business management skills. In 
2018, technical guidance on various issues was offered in Cambodia, Ethiopia an d Myanmar (see 
Table 6 attached in the Annex).  
1.3  JETRO  
1.3.1   Sending Experts to the Private Sector - Dispatching Experts to Improve the Business 
Environment of Developing Countries in order to Promote Trade and Investment  
11.  The Japan External Trade Organization (JET RO) is engaged in dispatching experts to assist 
developing countries in the establishment of various rules and institutions necessary to create a 
business environment conducive to trade and investment. More specifically, in response to the 
requests of priv ate sectors and other entities from developing countries, experts were dispatched in 
respective industry fields such as automotive parts and mold & die.  
1.3.2   Supporting Developing Countries to Expand Their Exports Industries (OVOP)  
12.  JETRO helps developing countr ies to expand their exports to Japan and achieve self -sustainable 
economic growth, by promoting products from emerging countries.  Some projects are implemented 
as part of "One Village One Product (OVOP) " campaign, the initiative for supporting and promoti ng 
local economies in developing countries. The core activities of the campaign are to exhibit and sell 
craftworks, accessories, processed foods and other such products at "OVOP Market ". These are 
sourced from developing countries in Asia, Africa, Central America and the Pacific and are sold at 
Narita and Kansai International Airports. This promotion will be carried out to introduce the merits 
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  2  ACTIVITIES IN THE FI ELD OF CLIM ATE CHANGE  
2.1  ACE2.0  
13.  In November 2015, Japan announced "ACE: Actions for Cool Earth 2.0 ", which aims to 
encourage developing countries ' participation in a new framework for greenhouse gas (GHG) 
emission reduction, and to contribute to significant reduction of  GHG emissions by leading the world 
in further reinforcing development of innovative technologies. This strategy consists of two pillars: 
the implementation of climate -related assistance to developing countries totalling approximately 
Yen 1.3 trillion from  public and private sources in 2020; and innovation enhancement, a key to take 
actions against climate change while maintaining economic growth.  
2.2  JCM 
14.  Japan established and has been implementing the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in order 
both to appropriat ely evaluate contributions from Japan to GHG emission reductions or removals in 
a quantitative manner achieved through the diffusion of decarbonizing and low carbon technologies, 
products, systems, services, and infrastructure as well as implementation of mitigation actions in 
developing countries, and to use them to achieve Japan 's emission reduction target. As of July 2019, 
Japan signed this partnership with 17 countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar 
and Ethiopia. Japan is promoting the  formulation of the JCM projects through various supporting 
schemes, and further accelerating the transfer of decarbonizing and low carbon technologies.  
2.3  Other Initiatives relating to Climate Change  
15.  In addition to the aforementioned JCM, Japan promotes tech nology transfer relating to climate 
change through active participation in multilateral initiatives under the UN Framework Convention 
on Climate Change (UNFCCC), such as the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and Climate 
Technology Centre and Network (CT CN). Furthermore, in the COP2 4, Japan announced "Japan 's 
Assistance Initiatives to Address Climate Change 201 8" on 7 December 2018 , which aims to 
accelerate climate change measures and sustainable development in developing countries. In 
June 2019, Japan decided "Long-term Strategy under the Paris Agreement " which proclaim s a 
"decarbonized society " as the ultimate goal and aims  to accomplish it ambitiously as early as possible 
in the second half of this century. The strategy includes "Business -led Promotion of International 
Application,  and International Cooperation " as one of pillars, and u nder this pillar, Japan will promote 
international application of decarboniz ing technologies together with policy/institutional support  and 
international rul e-making, strengthen development and investment of infrastructure that contributes 
to reduction of CO2 emission s and build basis  for decarbonized society on global scale . 
3  ACTIVITIES IN THE PH ARMACEUTICAL SECTOR  
16.  Since providing good quality medicines forms the foundation of healthcare, it has become an 
important task to establish a system that can consistently ensure the availability of quality, safe and 
efficacious medicines in developing countries.  
17.  Furthermore, the spread of Substandard and Falsified (SF)  Medical Products is a significant 
public health problem, as it not only threatens the health of individual users but also leads to waste 
of public resources and/or to the risk of spawning drug resistant strains of bacteria. As such, 
strengthening measures  to combat the distribution of SF Medical Products is also of great 
importance.  
18.  From these perspectives, the Government of Japan, through JICA and Japan International 
Corporation of Welfare Services (JICWELS), conducts training programmes in order to devel op and 
reinforce specialist personnel engaged in pharmaceutical regulatory services.  
19.  In FY201 8, these training programmes in the pharmaceutical sector had 1 5 participants from 
13 countries such as India and Venezuela (see Table 7 attached in the Annex) . 
20.  Additionally, the Government of Japan in cooperation with the Japanese Pharmaceutical 
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  through participation in international conferences, and endeavours to disseminate the outcomes to 
developing countries in the Asian region.  
4  ACTIVITIES IN THE FI ELD OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS  
21.  In FY201 8, the following 10 group training courses for government officials were held by the 
Japan Patent Office (JPO), in cooperation with th e Asia Pacific Industrial Property Centre (APIC) of 
the Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation (JIPII): 40participants from LDCs in total 
were welcomed for training (see Table 8 attached in the Annex).  
22.  In FY201 8, the JPO also held five group training courses for the private sector, and 20 
participants from LDCs were welcomed for training (see Table 9 attached in the Annex).  
23.  In addition, the sending of experts is a part of WIPO Funds -in-Trust/Japan programme 
implemented upon the request of de veloping countries in the Asia Pacific region for the purpose of 
providing foreign IP offices with necessary instructions and advice. The experts contribute to 
enhancing the efficiency of foreign IP offices to grant industrial property rights, and streamli ning IP 
administration through the rationalization of administrative procedures. Since 2008, the Government 
of Japan has also made annual contributions to WIPO (i.e. WIPO Funds -in-Trust/Japan for Africa and 
LDCs) on a voluntary basis to promote technology transfer in Africa, and in 2009, the JPO began to 
send its experts to Africa utilizing the contributions, as well as supporting digitalization of the IP 
infrastructure and providing scholarships to the African University in Zimbabwe and the University 
of Yaoundé II in Cameroon. In FY201 8, as many as five programmes were organized with the WIPO 
Funds -in-Trust/Japan (FIT Japan), which had more than 83 participants including those from LDCs 
(see Table 10 attached in the Annex).  
24.  Moreover, JICA provides various IP training programmes by inviting government officials from 
various countries to Japan. Under such programmes, participants are expected to acquire general 
and basic knowledge through lectures, discussion, site observation etc. and to share the knowledge 
among participants from various countries. Courses on Intellectual Property Rights have been held 
since 2000. The courses had many participants from LDCs including Myanmar, Cambodia, Gambia, 
Uganda, and Tanzania.  
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Table 1: JICA 's technical cooperation for LDCs  
  Period  Target  Project  Detail  Organizer  
1 2011-2019 
 Uganda  Promotion of Rice Development Project  1. Research and development capacity of rice -related institutes is strengthened.  
2. Extension capacity of rice -related service providers is strengthened.  
3. Rice quality in the market is improved.  
 JICA 
2 2012-201８ Cambodia  Capacity Building for Urban Water 
Supply System in Ca mbodia (Phase 3)  1. Capacity of managing data necessary for Business Plan is enhanced at TPWs 
(Targeted Provincial Waterworks).  
2. Capacity of formulating Business Plan is improved at TPWs.3.  
3. Capacity of monitoring Business Plan is enhanced at TPWs.  
4. Capacity of monitoring, evaluating Business Plan, formulation policies and 
supporting TPWs for funding is strengthened at Ministry of Industry and 
Handcraft.  
5. Capacity of analyzing human resources development and improvement 
measures at TPWs is enhanced.  
http://www.jica.go.jp/project/english/cambodia/013/index.html  
 JICA 
3 2017-2019 Myanmar  Intellectual Property Administration  1. Capacity of IP Office for IP examination is developed.  
2. Operational body of IP Office is developed.  
Understanding of IPR by domestic companies and consumers is promoted.  JICA 
4 2014-2018/ 
2018-2021 Myanmar  Capacity Development of Legal, 
Judicial and Relevant Sectors in 
Myanmar  / Capacity Development of 
Legal, Judicial and Relevant Sectors in 
Myanmar (Phase 2)  This project is to  improve institutional and human resource capacity of Myanmar 
legal, judicial and relevant authorities to develop and implement laws in response 
to the n eeds of the times.  JICA 
5 2011-2019 Afghanistan  The Promotion and Enhancement of 
the Afghan Capacity for Effective 
Development (PEACE)  This project is to accept administrators at relevant government offices and 
university teachers as participants in Japanese universities and help them acquire 
necessary knowledge and skills in master 's courses for the purpose of 
contributing to infrastructure development and agriculture/rural development in 
Afghanistan.  JICA 
 
 
 
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- 6 - Table 2: JICA 's SATREPS projects for LDCs  
 Period  Target  Project  Detail  Organizer  
1 2014-2019 Bangladesh  Research Project on Disaster 
Prevention/Mitigation Measures against 
Floods and Storm Surges  This project is attempting to produce flood and storm surge hazard maps, to 
propose measures to reduce damage from riverbank erosion and levee collapse, 
to develop warning and evacuation systems, and to work on predicting and 
taking action against flood -driven dispersal of harmful substances. The aim is to 
construct resil ient local communities.  JICA, JST  
 
2 2014-2019 Lao PDR  The Project for Development of 
Innovative Research Technique in 
Genetic Epidemiology of Malaria and 
Other Parasitic Diseases in Lao PDR for 
Containment of Their Expanding 
Endemicity  This project involves working with young Laotian researchers on molecular 
genetic epidemiology for three significant parasitic diseases, opisthorchiasis 
viverrini and schistosomiasis mekongi  with the aim of developing simple, rapid 
and precise diagnostic methods using LAMP techniques.  JICA, AMED  
3 2014-2019 Nepal  Project for Hydro -microbiological 
Approach for Water Security in 
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal  This project is creating water security m aps of the area surrounding Kathmandu, 
which has limited energy and water resources, evaluating water by combining 
three factors, water quantity, quality, and microorganisms.   JICA, JST  
4 2015-2020 Myanmar  Project for Development of a 
Comprehensive Disaster Resilience 
System and Collaboration Platform  The project aims to identify disaster risks in advance to contribute to the 
formulation of regional development planning and disaster prevention 
countermeasures as well as to support the s trengthening of the government 's 
disaster response capabilities.  JICA, JST  
5 2016-2021 Bangladesh  The Project for Technical development 
to upgrade structural integrity of 
buildings in densely populated urban 
areas and its strategic implementation 
towards resilient cities in Bangladesh  To improve Dhaka 's earthquake resilience, the project aims to develop seismic 
evaluation and retrofit techniques suitable for buildings in Bangladesh, and jointly 
develop urban planning upgrading scenarios for efficiently dep loying them on a 
societal level.  JICA, JST  
6 2016-2021 Cambodia  The Project on Establishment of 
Environmental Conservation Platform 
of Tonle Sap Lake  This Project investigating Tonle Sap Lake and its surrounding area to develop a 
hydraulic/water quality model for the lake and propose environmental 
conservation plans focusing on health and ecological risks.  JICA, JST  
7 2016-2021 Cambodia 
(Thailand  
Viet Nam ) The Project for Development and 
Dissemination of Sustainable 
Production System Based on Invasive 
Pest Management of Cassava in 
Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Thailand  This project  aims to develop pest management technologies for use in Viet Na m, 
Cambodia, and Thailand, including crop disease diagnosis kits and biological 
control for insect pests, as well as systems for ensuring the production and 
cultivation of healthy seedlings.  JICA, JST  
8 2016-2021 Nepal  The Project for Integrated Research on 
Great Earthquakes and Disaster 
Mitigation in Nepal Himalaya  Focusing on a future great earthquake expected in Nepal Himalayas, and the 
highly populated and vulnerable Kathmandu Valley, this project aims to provide 
scientifically adva nced seismic hazard information and build fundamentals to 
mitigate earthquake disaster based on this information, by conducting researches 
on earthquake potential evaluation, ground motion prediction, seismic hazard 
assessment, earthquake observation syste m, and education and policies.  JICA, JST   
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9 2016-2021 Zambia  The Project for Visualization of impact 
of chronic/latend chemical hazard and 
Geo-Ecological Remediation in Zambia  This project aims to elucidate the contamination mechanisms and risks posed to 
the ecosystem and humans. Then, by visualizing the economic losses involved, 
the project also aim s to link this to the development of contamination prevention 
measures and environmental remediation technologies.  JICA, JST  
10 2017-2022 Sudan  The P roject for Developing Counter 
Measures Against Striga to Conquer 
Poverty and Improve Food Security  This project aims to elucidate striga 's germination mechanism to develop a 
management strategy for use in Sudan where people are suffering from the 
devastati ng damage caused by striga.  JICA, JST  
11 2017-2022 Madagascar  The Project for Breakthrough in 
Nutrient Use Efficiency for Rice by 
Genetic Improvement and Fertility 
Sensing Techniques in Africa  The project aims to develop rice production techniques to realize high yield even 
under low fertility conditions by combining fertilizer application techniques suited 
to the soil nutrient characteristics of the field and new breeding lines with high 
nutrie nt use efficiency.  JICA, JST  
12 2018-2023 Myanmar  The Project for ASEAN Network System 
for Rice Genomic Breeding  The goals of this study  are to: 1) strengthen the rice breeding system suitable for 
the natural and socio -economic environment of Myanmar; and: 2) develop 
promising lines by introducing genes for useful traits (i.e. high yield, disease and 
insect resistance, environmental stress -tolerance, early maturity, etc.) into 
locally -adapted rice varieties.  JICA, JST  
13 2019-2024 Ethiopia  The Project for Development and 
Operation Model of Plant -derived Soil 
Additives for Road Disaster Reduction 
on Problematic Soil  The project aims to establish a road improvement model using plant -derived soil 
stabilizing additives to problematic soil.  JICA, JST  
14 2019-2024 Zambia/ Dem
ocratic 
Republic of 
the Congo  The Project for Epidemiology of 
zoonotic virus infections in Africa  The project aims to reinforce the functions of epidemiological studies on zoonotic 
virus infections in DR Congo and Zambia.  JICA, AMED  
15 2019-2024 Djibouti  The Project for Advanced and 
Sustainable Methods on Water 
Utilization Associated with Greening 
Potential Evaluation  The project aims to develop and share the method of creating the wide area 
distribution map of water resource potential  and greening potential for the 
sustainable agriculture and the land use.  JICA, JST  
16 2019-2024 Sudan  The Project for Develo pment of Climate 
Change Resilient Innovative 
Technologies for Sustainable Wheat 
Production in the Dry and Heat Prone 
Agro-ecologies of Sudan and Sub -
Saharan Africa  The project aims to  develop new varieties of wheat resilient against dry and heat 
weathers t o contribute for the increase in wheat production in Sudan and Sub -
Saharan African countries.  JICA, JST  
17 2019-2024 Tanzania  The Project for Development and 
Dissemination of Innovative Oil -
Extracting Technology from Crop 
Process Residue for Rural 
Electrification and Value Addition of 
By-products  The project aims to develop innovative oil extraction technology from crop 
process residue and to apply the technology in micro -grid power generation. By -
products is also produced for the local market.  JICA, JST 
 
 
  
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- 8 - Table 3: JICA 's Collaboration Programme  with the Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technology  
  Period  Target  Project  Detail  Organizer  
1 2015-2017 Myanmar  Usage of Sanitary Napkins through 
Personal Hygiene Education  This project is to develop new early adolescent reproductive health education 
materials (i.e. booklet and other supporting materials) for nationwide use under 
the guidance and approval of the Ministry of Health.  JICA 
2 2016-2018 Zambia  Logistics Service by Unmanned Aerial 
Vehicle (UAV)  The program is to develop new business with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as 
a new logistics infrastructure of the healthcare field through the observation of 
the demonstration flight and the seminar for  Ministry of Health.  JICA 
3 2016-2018 Cambodia  Digital X -ray System and Radiation 
Management   This program is to improve image diagnosis by digitizing medical radiation 
equipment and promote understanding of safety control technology of radiation 
by training for to-be Radiologists and Radiographers.  
 JICA 
Table 4: AOTS 's technical training programmes for LDCs  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 2018 Cambodia Lao PDR 
and Myanmar  Training on knowledge and technical skills 
of design and construction of housing  Private companies in Cambodia Lao PDR and 
Myanmar   AOTS  
2 2018 Myanmar  and Nepal  Training on knowledge and technical skills 
of software and information system 
development  Private  companies in Myanmar and Nepal  AOTS  
3 2018 Bangladesh  and Lao 
PDR  Training on knowledge and technical skills 
of telecommunication system  Private companies in Bangladesh  and Lao PDR  AOTS  
4 2018 Cambodia  Training on knowledge and technical skills 
of quality control of automotive parts  Private companies in Cambodia  AOTS  
5 
 2018 Lao PDR , Cambodia   
and Myanmar  Training on kno wledge and technical skills 
of operational management in the  service 
industries  Private companies in Lao PDR , Cambodia   and 
Myanmar  AOTS  
6 2018 Myanmar  Training on knowledge and technical skills 
of operational management, safety 
management of infrastructure facilities  Private companies in Myanmar  AOTS  
7 2018 Lao PDR , Cambodia   
and Myanmar  Training on knowledge and technical skills 
of sewing and dyeing process in the Textile 
industry  Private companies in Lao PDR , Cambodia   and 
Myanmar  AOTS  
8 2018 Cambodia  Training on knowledge and technica l skills 
of design and manufacturing of casting  Private companies in Cambodia   AOTS  
 
 
   
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- 9 - Table 5: AOTS 's management training programmes for LDCs  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 2018 Bangladesh, 
Cambodia,  
Myanmar, Nepal 
Sudan  and Tanzania  The Program on Corporate Management  
Enhance ment of  participants ' capabilities of 
corporate management, with utilizing 
managerial functions, pursuing to upgrade 
corporate management of their companies 
as executives.  Private companies in Bangladesh, Cambodia,  
Myanmar, Nepal , Sudan  and Tanzania  AOTS  
2 2018 Bangladesh, Nepal 
and Sudan  The Program for Quality Management  
Enhancement of ability to promote quality 
management  Private companies in Bangladesh, Nepal and 
Sudan  AOTS  
3 2018 Bangladesh and 
Myanmar  The Program on Design Management  
To enable participants to strategically utilize 
design as a management resource by 
improving their capabilities of design 
management  Private companies in Bangladesh and Myanmar  AOTS  
4 2018 Bangladesh, 
Ethiopia , Nepal   and 
Sudan  Program for Quality Problem Solving  
Strengthen and improve problem -solving 
abilities  Private companies in Bangladesh, Nepal and 
Sudan  AOTS  
5 2018 Bangladesh, Ethiopia  
Nepal and Sudan  The Program on Production Management 
(Monozukuri)  Private companies in  Bangladesh,  Ethiopia  
Nepal  and Sudan  AOTS  
6 2018 Bangladesh and 
Sudan  The Program on Information and 
Communication Technology in Emerging 
Market Economies  Private companies in Bangladesh and Sudan  AOTS  
7 2018 Bangladesh,  
Myanmar,  Nepal and 
Sudan  The Training Course on Solving Human and 
Organizational Problems  Private companies in Bangladesh,  Myanmar, 
Nepal and Sudan  AOTS  
8 2018 Bangladesh,  
Cambodia,  
Myanmar,  Nepal and 
Sudan  The Program on Business Innovation and 
Organization Development  Private companies in  Bangladesh,  Cambodia, 
Myanmar,  Nepal and Sudan  AOTS  
9 2019 Bangladesh  The Program  on Logistics Management  Private companies in  Bangladesh,  AOTS  
 
 
   
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- 10 - Table 6: AOTS 's technical guidance to LDCs  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 2018 Cambodia  Technical guidance on the improvement of 
food manufacturing productivity  Private  companies in Cambodia  AOTS 
2 2018 Ethiopia  Technical guidance on the improvement of 
sewing techniques  of leather product  and 
quality control in the Textile industry  Private companies in Ethiopia  AOTS 
3 2018 Myanmar  Technical guidance on the improvement of 
skills on software and information system 
development  Private companies in Myanmar  AOTS 
4 2018  Myanmar  Technical guidance on  operational 
management in the  service industries  Private companies in Myanmar  AOTS 
 
Table 7: Training programmes in the pharmaceutical sector  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants (LDCs in bold)  Organizer  
1 
 
 Jun 2017 Japan  Training Programme  for Good Governance 
of Medicines for Pharmaceutical Regulatory 
Authorities to develop human resources in 
the planning and implementation of 
pharmaceutical administration in the 
respective countries referring to Japan 's 
system and experiences and informati on 
from attending countries  16 participants from 11 countries ( Indonesia, 
the Philippines, Myanmar , Mongolia, Sri 
Lanka, Brazil, Afghanistan , Malawi , Zambia  
and Moldova ) JICA and JICWELS  
2 
 
 July 2018  Japan  Training Programme  for Good Governance 
of Medicines for Pharmaceutical Regulatory 
Authorities to develop human resources in 
the planning and implementation of 
pharmaceutical administration in the 
respective countries referring to Japan 's 
system and experiences and informati on 
from attending countries  15 participants from 13 countries ( Azerbaijan, 
Brazil, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Myanmar , 
Samoa, Thailand, Uganda , Venezuela, Zambia 
and Lao PDR ) JICA and JICWELS  
 
 
   
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- 11 - Table 8: JPO 's training courses for government officials  
 Date Location  Activity  Participants （LDCs in bold ） Organizer  
1 July 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on  Trademark 
Examinations under the Madrid System  16 participants from Argentine, ARIPO, 
Bangladesh , Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Myanmar , 
Nepal , Pakistan, Peru and Sri Lanka  JPO 
2 July 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR  Training Course on Patent 
Examinations (Basic Program)  13 participants from ARIPO, Cambodia , GCC, 
Lao PDR , Myanmar , Nepal , Paraguay, South 
Africa and Uzbekistan  JPO 
3 August 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR  Training Course on Promoting Public 
Awareness of IP  22 participants from Brazil, Cambodia , India, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Mexico, 
Myanmar , the Philippines, Thailand, UAE and 
Vietnam  JPO 
4 September 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR  Training Course on Substantive 
Examinations of Designs  25 participants from Brazil, Cambodia , Egypt, 
India, Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, 
Myanmar , Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand and Vietnam  JPO 
5 October 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR  Training Course on Establishing 
Patent Examination Guidelines for ASEAN  19 participants from Brunei, Cambodia , 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Myanmar , the 
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand  and Vietnam  JPO 
6 November 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR  Training Course on Substantive  
Examinations of Trademarks  24 participants from Argentine, Brazil, Brunei, 
Cambodia , India, Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Myanmar , the Philippines, Thailand and 
Vietnam  JPO 
7 December 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR  Training Course on  Information 
Technology  23 participants from Argentine, Brazil, 
Cambodia , Chile, Egypt, GCC, India, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Mexico, 
Myanmar , Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, the 
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam  JPO 
8 January 2019  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on  Design  
Examinations under the Hague System  21 participants from Brunei, China, Indonesia , 
Lao PDR , Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the 
Philippines,  Thailand  and Vietnam  JPO 
9 February 2019  Japan  JPO/IPR  Training Course on Trial and Appeal 
System  for ASEAN  17 participants from Brunei, Cambodia , 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Myanmar , the 
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam  JPO 
10 February 2019  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Anti-
Counterfeiting Measures for Practitioners  23 participants from Argentine, Brazil, 
Cambodia , Chile, China, Egypt, India, 
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar , the Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam  JPO 
 
  
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- 12 - Table 9: JPO's training courses for private sectors  
 Date Location  Activity  Participants （LDCs in bold ） Organizer  
1 June 2019  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course for IP Trainers  24 participants from Brazil, Cambodia , India, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Mexico,  
Myanmar , the Philippines, Thailand and 
Vietnam    JPO 
2 October 2019  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course for Practitioners 
Specializing in Patents  26 participants from Argentine, Brazil, Brunei, 
India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar , 
the Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Africa , 
Thailand and Vietnam    JPO 
3 November 2019  Japan  JPO/IPR  Training Course for IP Protection 
Lawyers  26 participants from Brazil, Cambodia , China, 
India, Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Mexico,  
Myanmar , Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam    JPO 
4 December 2019  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Academia -
Industry Collaboration and technology transfer  24 participants from Brazil , Cambodia , China,  
India, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar , 
the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam    JPO 
5 January 2020  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course for Practitioners 
Specializing in Trademarks  25 participants from Argentine, Brazil, 
Cambodia , Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar , Peru , the 
Philippines, Thailand and  Vietnam    JPO 
 
  
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 Date Location  Title Participants (LDCs in bold)  Organizer  
1 Sep. 2018 Zimbabwe  Regional IT Training Workshop to Support 
Online Services  33 participants from Botswana, Gambia , 
Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho , Malawi , 
Mozambique , Namibia, Rwanda , Swaziland,  
Tanzania , Zanzibar, Uganda , Zimbabwe, 
ARIPO and OAPI  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
2 Oct.2018 Malaysia  ASEAN IT  Workshop on the Integrated On -
line Industrial Property (IP) Office Business 
Services and ASEAN PATENTSCOPE 
Coordinator Meeting  Some participants from Brunei, Cambodia , 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Myanmar , the 
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam , 
Mongolia and Nepal  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
3 Nov 2018 Tokyo  Advanced Training Course on the 
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 
for Judges  18 participants from Cambodia , Indonesia, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar , the Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand  and Viet Nam  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
4 Jan.201 9 Tokyo  Case Study Workshop on Support for 
Intellectual Property Management in SMEs 
(IP Advantage)  12 participants from Cambodia , Lao PDR , 
Malaysia, the Philippines, Viet Nam and Thailand   WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
5 Mar.2019  Indonesia  Sub-regional Meeting of IP Office Officials 
Responsible for Operating and/or Acceding 
to the Madrid System  17 participants from Afghanistan , Bhutan , 
Brunei, Cambodia , India, Indonesia, Lao PDR , 
the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, 
Malaysia,  Myanmar , Pakistan, Papua New 
Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Samoa  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
 
 
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