The GLOCOM blog has a report (in both English and Japanese) on new JICA president Sadako Ogata's [緒方貞子] presentation Oct. 2nd at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ), which follows on the Oct. 1st consolidation of much of Japan's Official Developmental Assistance (ODA) through the merging of JICA and JBIC (Japan Bank for International Cooperation). The report describes Ogata's presentation as “one of the most impressive luncheon speeches at FCCJ in recent years.”