Japan pledges $40 mil to ADB fund for infrastructure development

And, Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

Tell me again how many people are without permanent housing or financial support in Tohoku and Kumamoto. I wonder what they are trying to buy with these donations.

May be too cynical but most of the roads and bridges I've seen in Asian countries with a big "Paid for by Japan " plaques seem more intent of gaining access to rainforests to help satisfy Japan's appetite huge of SE Asian timber rather than helping the local populations.

I'm getting a little tired of people giving my money away.

They should use that money to fund my national pension account first.

Continued evidence that the suffering of rebuilding in Japan after earthquakes takes a back seat to corporate subsidizing international funding. What the...

about how much infrastructure can you build for 40 million USD?

Only 20 million US$ per year? Is it for "infrastructure?" sure?

Aso, open, and transparent don't belong until eh same sentence.

Helping to relieve the poverty in Asia; it was just too bad that no poverty-struck people attended the conference to explain just what they needed, Just the usual affluent 'Lords of Poverty' in their pin-striped suits running from one sponsored lunch to the next, stopping only to look for somewhere to charge their iPhones and laptops, and get a slice of the budget pie for their organisations. They decided what the poor needed!

What? Compared to the billions provided by the Chinese? Face it, japan's time passed. There's a new sherrif in town and no throwing money down the well is going to change that. Tohoku? What disaster?

They should use that money to fund my national pension account first.

You have special needs or something do you? I want to pay taxes to help the needy but not for the purpose of paying others.

Fortunately this small amount of money sounds like a token amount, and was probably already earmarked for spending in the 'budget'. Just a shame that they are budgeting to spend 30 trillion yen more than they can afford each year.

$40mil that must equate to half a years MP salary not so much, or 40 min painting time on the presses.