Dear stakeholders,
Infrastructure Development Institute – Japan (IDI) was established in 1956 as a government-affiliated organization to help international cooperation in the infrastructure development field.

Since then, we have worked with governmental organizations such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for better infrastructure overseas. IDI has been involved in over 500 international projects, contributing through various means like assisting with project feasibility assessments, performing proof engineering tasks, organizing capacity-building training programs, and fostering government-to-government dialogues. Over 1,000 individuals from abroad completed the training programs we arranged. Many alumni are working in core positions in their home countries.

The global landscape for infrastructure projects is changing rapidly. A considerable volume of the infrastructure in developed economies, which underwent rapid development after World War II, is aging and the risk of failure is increasing. The rapid development of condition detection systems and efficient repair techniques is underway to solve this problem, in conjunction with the application of digital transformation. Moreover, the advanced application of AI and robotics progresses significantly, leading to diverse changes in the methodologies for survey, design, construction, and O&M.

Concurrently, numerous developing nations are seeing their economies expand, yet they contend with infrastructural challenges, including congested roads and fragile urban structures, while others face stalled progress because of disasters, instability of societies, emigration of skilled labor, etc.

Furthermore, many countries are, or will be, facing the problems of intensified water-related disasters caused by global warming. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is also a universal challenge.

Given these conditions, our resolve is to serve as a catalyst to tackle the challenges effectively with our partners. We work to collect information on challenges and gaps in countries with some needs and circulate the information to our collaborators in Japan including the Government. With the feedback from our collaborators, we work on delivering the technology and experience cultivated in Japan to other countries in need.

I wish your success with the management of your infrastructure. If IDI can contribute to it, it would be a great pleasure for us.

Goro Yasuda
President of IDI