From September 6 to 9, 2026, Mr. Shinji Inoue, Mr. Takakazu Seto, and Mr. Ryutaro Sakamoto, Members of the House of Representatives and members of the Association of the Japanese Diet Members supporting OISCA international activities, visited Mongolia.
In the OISCA Mongolia Chapter, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, the Diet Members met with alumni of the training program in Japan, received a briefing on their human resource development efforts and the results of the greening activities being carried out in Mongolia, and offered words of encouragement to the alumni.
In Ulaanbaatar, they conferred with key government officials, including the Vice-Minister of Environment and the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, on tree-planting and environmental issues. Besides, they inspected the Mongolia-Japan Hospital of the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences,which was built with Japanese ODA funding, and the New Mongol Academy, which is practicing Japanese-style education.
Meanwhile, they paid their respects at the “Memorial to Japanese Victims” honoring those who died while interned in Mongolia after World War II.
OISCA is also making a significant contribution to the “One Billion Tree Planting Plan” declared by the President of Mongolia. OISCA is also carrying out afforestation projects involving more than 100,000 trees in places such as the Gobi Desert.
while interned in Mongolia after the war
