Welcome to Mekong Watch Mekong Watch is a Japanese NGO based in Tokyo. We combine research and
advocacy to address and prevent negative environmental and social impacts
of development in the Mekong Region. We are especially concerned about
the lack of consultation with affected communities in development planning
and implementation and the role of Japanese financing. By contacting communities
directly, we try to bridge the information and communication gaps between
them and decision-makers in Japan.
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【Petition】Do Not Support the Tangguh LNG Expansion Plans in West Papua, Indonesia (February 13, 2026) 【Press Release】Civil society demands JICA to halt its considerations on providing an ODA loan to the construction of the O Mon 3 gas-fired power plant in Vietnam (December 19, 2025) 【Open Letter】 JICA, No Loan to the Construction of O Mon 3 gas-fired power plant in
Vietnam - Don’t Exacerbate the Climate Crisis! (December 19, 2025) 【Press Release】 Japanese payment company JCB's silence over Myanmar military-linked crony bank draws civil society criticism (November 11, 2025) 【Request Letter】 The Japanese government should lead international efforts to prevent the junta's sham election and strengthen its support for Myanmar people's struggle to establish a genuine federal democracy (October 6, 2025) 【Open Letter】 Myanmar civil society welcomes Japan's rejection of junta's sham election, urges further principled action (September 1, 2025) 【Press Release】 Thai version now available - video on methane emissions from LNG lifecycle (July 30, 2025) 【Press Release】 Three Japanese investors have cut ties with Shwe Than Lwin - Japanese public-private funds and JIB must be transparent and responsible in their exit from Myanmar media project tied to military crony network (July 8, 2025) 【Press Release】 Criticism was raised at the ENEOS annual general meeting over its huge net-zero target
year postponement - Environmental NGOs urged ENEOS to stop the Papua LNG project -(June 30, 2025)【Joint Statement】 For Vietnam's Block B-O Mon Project, We Demand Retraction of FID by Mitsui
& Co. and JOGMEC's FID and Loan Guarantee Decision (April 8, 2024) 【Joint Statement】 NGOs Strongly Condemn Decision by Japan Bank for International Cooperation(JBIC) and Citibank to finance two gas-fired power projects in Mexico
(March 29, 2024) 【Joint Statement】 NGOs urge Japanese financial institutions to stop developing/supporting the Scarborough gas field in Australia
(March 28, 2024) 【Joint Statement】 JBIC financing for two gas power projects in Mexico would violate the G7 agreement - JBIC, NEXI and private banks should stop consideration immediately -
(January 25, 2024)
【Joint Statement】 Prime Minister Kishida should cooperate with the US and the Philippines for true decarbonization
(April 9, 2024)
【Joint Statement】 NGOs strongly condemn decision by Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to finance Woodside Energy, the Australian gas extraction giant - Over USD 28 billion has been financed for fossil fuel projects since the G7 Elmau Commitment -
(June 4, 2024)
【Inqiry】 Inquiry regarding human rights due diligence in relation to TASAKI's business partnership
with sanctioned entity Myanmar Pearls Enterprise (June 11, 2024)
【Inqiry】 Inquiry regarding TASAKI's business partnership with sanctioned entity Myanmar Pearls
Enterprise (June 11, 2024)
【Joint Statement】 Violation of G7 Agreement! We Condemn JBIC's Lending Decision to Provide Support for Vietnam's Block B-O Mon Project (Upstream and Midstream) (July 9, 2024)
【Press Release】 Myanmar pearl company TASAKI and investors risk complicity in Myanmar military junta's international crimes - TASAKI must responsibly
end all business with the sanctioned entity Myanmar Pearl Enterprise (July 10, 2024)
【Letter of Request】 Request to engage with SOMPO to stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects (August 28, 2024)
【Joint Statement】 Local company official and others arrested for corruption in ODA coal-fired
power project in Bangladesh -JICA should immediately investigate the situation and suspend the loan- (September 5, 2024)
【Letter of Request】 Dear Bondholders of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC),
Request to engage with JBIC to stop financing new fossil fuel projects (September 30, 2024)
【Press Release】 Institutional investors conduct climate change engagement with SOMPO after being encouraged by environmental NGOs (October 28, 2024)
【Opinion】 End Japan's loans to Myanmar's tatmadaw (Posted on the Bangkok Post, November 26, 2024)
【Joint Statement】 Unfeasible; the promotion of the Alaska LNG development agreed at the Japan-US Summit, three major Japanese non-life insurers have already excluded Arctic gas drilling from their insurance underwriting (February 20, 2025)
【Press Release】 Japanese companies, government insurer and investment corporation urged to responsibly exit from
Myanmar port project linked to sanctioned military conglomerate (May 14, 2025)
【Joint Statement】 JICA must stop the loan disbursement now and ascertain the corruption in Bangladesh's coal project - Bangladesh agency's senior official indicted due to a massive embezzlement in Japan's ODA Project (May 15, 2025)
【Press Release】 18 global insurers and 10 banks have excluded the Alaska LNG from their support - Environmental NGOs urged Tokio Marine to comply its policy at the annual general meeting - (June 23, 2025)
