adminJapanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Koichi Morita, made the pledge after meeting Acting President John Nkomo at his Munhumutapa Offices in Harare.
Mr Morita, who will leave the country next month, also said the peaceful environment in the country would see more Japanese establishing businesses in Zimbabwe.
“Our economic relationship needs to be strengthened.
“With such an environment prevailing in your country, I hope more Japanese will come and expand their businesses, especially in the agricultural sector.
“We want to rehabilitate irrigation projects around the country for the betterment of the people in terms of food security,” he said.
Japan, Mr Morita said, would also give technical and material assistance towards agriculture.
The Japanese International Co-operation Agency recently said it was interested in Nyakomba Irrigation Scheme in Manicaland province.
Nyakomba Irrigation Scheme was established with Japanese assistance but was destroyed by Cyclone Eline in 2000.
Commenting on the Global Political Agreement, he said the three political parties had made “significant progress”.
“I came here three years ago and a day after the signing of the GPA and I am happy to see progress.
“Although more needs to be done, efforts have been made to move forward,” he said.
He added: “On the issue of sanctions, we are not amongst the countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe but we believe dialogue is the best way forward.”
He told Cde Nkomo that a lot of people in Japan were still affected by the earthquake that hit the country in March this year.
Thousands of people died in the massive earthquake that saw more than 1 800 homes being destroyed.
Online Reporter