On October 1, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) merged with Overseas Economic Cooperation Operations (OECOs) of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). New Japanese and international websites for the merged organization, New JICA, were launched simultaneously, but website visitors should be aware that some areas of the sites are still being updated and on occasion texts and titles including policies and organizational names may still refer to those of the ‘older’ JICA and JBIC.