TOKYO, April 10 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release:

On April 9, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published the preliminary ODA data of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members in 2025 (grant equivalent basis).

Japan's total ODA in terms of US dollars was $16,217.98 million (1.7% decrease compared to the previous year; \2,427.3 billion in terms of Japanese yen, which is a 2.8% decrease compared to the previous year). The decrease in Japan's ODA compared to the previous year was due primarily to a decline in bilateral grants through multilateral institutions as well as bilateral government loans. Japan's ODA ranked fourth following Germany, the United States, ...