Japan: Active Humanitarian and Development Aid Activities via IATI

This dataset tracks active humanitarian and development aid projects funded or implemented by Japan, published through the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). It provides a standardized list of current international assistance activities as of March 2026. The data is maintained by the International Aid Transparency Initiative to ensure visibility into global aid flows.

Use Cases

• Mapping the geographic distribution of Japanese aid using project location identifiers
• Categorizing aid focus by filtering for humanitarian versus development activity tags
• Cross-referencing project IDs with d-portal.org to conduct financial audit and budget analysis

Strengths

• Standardized IATI reporting format
• Includes both humanitarian and development activity classifications
• Official data source from the International Aid Transparency Initiative

Limitations

• Unknown record count and specific column headers
• Requires external data joins for financial analysis
• Lack of historical inactive project data in this specific file

Provenance

Source

International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)

Collection Method

Aggregated from official Japanese government and agency reporting to the IATI registry.

Time Range

Active as of 2026

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Japan (donor) and global recipient countries