On October 9, 2026, Tajikistan’s Minister of Transport, Azim Ibrohim, met Keiko Furuta, Japan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Tajikistan. They discussed the two countries’ ties in road transport and prospects for cooperation.
Over the past quarter-century, 35 major projects have been implemented in Tajikistan with support from the Government of Japan. Twelve were carried out through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and covered road and bridge construction and technical assessments, road maintenance equipment purchases, and training courses for industry workers.
The meeting included a project to build a new bridge over the Kofarnihon River at kilometre 19+800 of the Dushanbe–Kulob–Khorog–Kulma highway. The project is receiving financial support from JICA. Japanese engineering and consulting company CTII is nearing completion of the feasibility study.
