The Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) was inaugurated in 1965 as an agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its secretariat was set up as part of the organizational framework of the Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency (OTCA).
In 1974, the OTCA was merged into the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which was created to conduct international cooperation on behalf of the Government of Japan. The JOCV program became one of JICA’s principal activities. During its 32 years of operation JOCV has dispatched over 16,000 volunteers to 63 countries primarily in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Oceania and Eastern Europe.

We, as a bridge between the people of Japan and developing countries, will advance international cooperation through the sharing of knowledge and experience and will work to build a more peaceful and prosperous world.

JICA = Japan International Cooperation Agency

myJICA is The Japan International Cooperation Agency [JICA] Alumni Society of Malaysia

Since its establishment in 1974, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has supported socio-economic and human-resource development in order to facilitate the autonomous, sustainable development of developing countries, as one of Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) implementing bodies. JICA is mainly responsible for implementing technical cooperation for developing countries.