Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Uzbekistan Yosihisa Kuroda signed a grant contracts on 10 projects with total cost of US$764,500 on 18 February.

The resources will be directed to equipping schools with modern furniture, sports inventory, sewing-machines and other necessary equipment.

The Government of Japan has been implementing no-string aid programme to grass-root projects since 1995. The programme provides grants to projects in education, healthcare and in raising social status of women. During fifteen years, some 281 projects for $16.6 million were implemented.