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Based on its National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security based on the Security Council Resolution 1325, Japan commits to: 1) ensure equal participation of women in all stages in the field of peace and security with the intent of achieving gender mainstreaming; 2) promote women's participation and leadership in all processes of prevention, management, and resolution of conflicts and in decision making while strengthening a gender equal perspective; 3) protect various aid recipients including women and girls from violence and other human rights infringement during or after conflict or under humanitarian crisis such as large-scale disaster; 4) provide humanitarian and reconstruction assistance while reflecting circumstances and needs unique to women and girls, promoting women's empowerment, and ensuring women's participation.

Japan commits to promote inclusion of women and women's groups into political decision-making and peace processes, including through implementation of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security based on the Security Council Resolution 1325.

Japan commits to contribute to eradicating sexual and gender-based violence and protecting survivors. Japan has been actively participating in the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI), is one of the largest donors to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict, has introduced a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and has provided training for concerned stakeholders including military, police, judicial and civilian personnel to promote prevention of sexual and gender-based violence in various countries.

Japan commits to implement the following five points in order to achieve better collaboration between humanitarian and development actors to find solutions for forcibly displaced persons as pointed out in the Joint Statement by the Government of Japan and the Solutions Alliance, which was issued at the WHS side event on "Strengthening the Humanitarian-Development Nexus": 1) Ensuring meaningful participation of the most affected - host and returnee communities and forcibly displaced people - in the pursuit of solutions to forced displacement; 2) Including forced displacement issues in national and local development plans, and in peacebuilding and recovery strategies; 3) Marshaling the comparative advantages of humanitarian and development actors for collective action through the promotion of institutional flexibility while respecting fundamental principles; 4)Developing a common vision through identification of complementary policies, and joint analysis that enables holistic planning; 5) Seeing the humanitarian-development nexus as an integral part of promoting peace and security.

Japan commits to providing an assistance package of about US$ 6 billion for the Middle East region between 2016 and 2018 including human resource development programs for about 20,000 people. Furthermore, Japan will dispatch Japan Team for Refugees and Community (J-TRaC) to refugee camps by JICA and increase the number of Syrian students in Japan. Japan has also recently committed to contributing US$ 50 million and a maximum of US$ 900 million in yen loans over the next 5 years for the World Bank's new financing initiative to support the Middle East and North Africa.

Japan commits to strengthen measures to address displacement caused by natural disaster, climate change and public health emergency, through for example prior investment in disaster risk reduction, early warning, preparedness and implementation of "build back better" after a disaster occurs. Japan has provided support in countries including in the Asia-Pacific region and in Africa as well as through the Green Climate Fund.

Based on its National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security based on the Security Council Resolution 1325, Japan commits to: 1) ensure equal participation of women in all stages in the field of peace and security with the intent of achieving gender mainstreaming; 2) promote women's participation and leadership in all processes of prevention, management, and resolution of conflicts and in decision making while strengthening a gender equal perspective; 3) protect various aid recipients including women and girls from violence and other human rights infringement during or after conflict or under humanitarian crisis such as large-scale disaster; 4) provide humanitarian and reconstruction assistance while reflecting circumstances and needs unique to women and girls, promoting women's empowerment, and ensuring women's participation.

Japan commits to promote inclusion of women and women's groups into political decision-making and peace processes, including through implementation of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security based on the Security Council Resolution 1325.

Japan commits to promote Universal Health Coverage (UHC) thus improving women's access to health services.

Japan commits not only to meet the urgent needs of people under humanitarian crises but to also contribute to building societies resilient to crises by strengthening the humanitarian and development nexus.

Japan commits to anticipate and prepare for crises before they happen, by investing in data and risk analysis as well as by supporting response capacity and institution building. For example, Japan supports WFP's vulnerability assessment and mapping (VAM) activities and capacity building through UNHCR eCentre, support for strengthening surveillance and laboratory capacity which contributes to prevent, detect and respond to health crisis including infectious disease outbreak, and so on.

Japan commits to enhance partnership with the private sector and promote effective use of knowledge and technologies in order to provide sustainable solutions for people's stable and dignified lives. This includes utilization of the Japanese private sector's knowledge, skills and technologies, and so on.

Japan commits to share information on the effectiveness of prior investment in disaster prevention and promote mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction in developing countries. Japan will also support respective countries in reducing economic damages which is a common goal of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the SDGs. Specifically, Japan will contribute to realization of comprehensive disaster risk reduction through capacity development of national disaster risk reduction agencies that will enable better coordination among local governments and other stakeholders in the planning of disaster risk reduction.

Japan commits to steadily implement its commitments under the Sendai Cooperation Initiative for Disaster Risk Reduction, which was announced by Prime Minister Abe in March 2015, as follows:

1) Provide cooperation through effectively combining (i) non-material assistance, including assistance for establishing legislation, institutions and systems, as well as human resource development, (ii) material assistance, centering on the development of economic and social infrastructure, and (iii) global and region-wide cooperation.

2) To carry out the above mentioned cooperation, provide 4 billion US dollars in total to the area related to disaster risk reduction and train 40 thousand government officials and local leaders to play a leading role in national efforts for disaster risk reduction and implementation of post-disaster Build Back Better from 2015 to 2018.

Japan commits not only to meet the urgent needs of people under humanitarian crises but to also contribute to building societies resilient to crises by strengthening the humanitarian and development nexus.

Japan commits to implement the following five points in order to achieve better collaboration between humanitarian and development actors to find solutions for forcibly displaced persons as pointed out in the Joint Statement by the Government of Japan and the Solutions Alliance, which was issued at the WHS side event on "Strengthening the Humanitarian-Development Nexus": 1) Ensuring meaningful participation of the most affected - host and returnee communities and forcibly displaced people - in the pursuit of solutions to forced displacement; 2) Including forced displacement issues in national and local development plans, and in peacebuilding and recovery strategies; 3) Marshaling the comparative advantages of humanitarian and development actors for collective action through the promotion of institutional flexibility while respecting fundamental principles; 4)Developing a common vision through identification of complementary policies, and joint analysis that enables holistic planning; 5) Seeing the humanitarian-development nexus as an integral part of promoting peace and security.

Japan commits to promote Universal Health Coverage (UHC) thus improving women's access to health services.

Learning lessons from the Ebola outbreak and other public health crises in the past, Japan commits to contribute to strengthening of international response to public health emergencies including promoting the coordination between the humanitarian sector and health sector. Also, Japan is committed to promote Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which contributes to realizing the principle of "no one left behind", as well as enhancing prevention of and preparedness for public health emergencies, by health system strengthening including human resources development.

Japan commits to strengthen measures to address displacement caused by natural disaster, climate change and public health emergency, through for example prior investment in disaster risk reduction, early warning, preparedness and implementation of "build back better" after a disaster occurs. Japan has provided support in countries including in the Asia-Pacific region and in Africa as well as through the Green Climate Fund.

Japan commits to enhance better collaboration between humanitarian and development funding in order to diminish the needs.

Japan commits to providing an assistance package of about US$ 6 billion for the Middle East region between 2016 and 2018 including human resource development programs for about 20,000 people. Furthermore, Japan will dispatch Japan Team for Refugees and Community (J-TRaC) to refugee camps by JICA and increase the number of Syrian students in Japan. Japan has also recently committed to contributing US$ 50 million and a maximum of US$ 900 million in yen loans over the next 5 years for the World Bank's new financing initiative to support the Middle East and North Africa.

Japan commits to share good practices of bilateral cooperation.