5-2 Of the JPY 300 billion in goal 5-1, pledging USD 50 million to the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents Multi-Donor Trust Fund, as well as USD 20 million to the Scaling Up of Nutrition Investments Single-Donor Trust Fund; mobilizing funding while implementing formulated plans in collaboration with IDA/IBRD; and incorporating the strengthening of human capital investment including nutrition into policy commitments for IDA 20 replenishment

Nutrition improvement

The government of Japan commits to:

• Strengthening its national nutrition policies around leaving no one behind, which is the foundation of a sustainable society throughout the life-course and an important part of universal health coverage, especially through the following measures:

o Deploying a package of major nutrition policy actions, including the promotion of a healthy diet and sustainable dietary environment by addressing issues such as excess salt intake, underweight among young women and nutritional disparities caused by economic conditions. This will be implemented in collaboration with the government, businesses, academia and civil society.

o Publishing the progress and achievements resulting from these policies annually, starting from 2023.

• Establishing a healthy and sustainable food system by accelerating innovation and digitalisation and using science and technology. The following measures will be taken:

o Promotion of balanced dietary habits and Shokuiku (food and nutrition education), which supports sustainable food and nutrition together with various stakeholders based on The Fourth Basic Plan for the Promotion of Shokuiku, issued in March 2021 (https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/tech_res/attach/pdf/shokuiku-18.pdf).

o Promotion of efforts in procurement, production, processing, distribution and consumption at each stage and innovation for reducing environmental burdens, including carbon neutrality based on the MIDORI Strategy for Sustainable Food Systems, launched in May 2021 (https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/env/env_policy/meadri.html). This contributes to establishing a sustainable food system and enrichment of nutritious food.

• Improving the value of companies that engage in the promotion of employee health, including nutrition, by enhancing health and productivity management. The goals of this intervention are to:

o Increase the number of publicly listed companies in Japan disclosing evaluation results related to their health and productivity management by 2025, with an aim to increase the aggregate market value of those companies to more than two-thirds of the total market value of all publicly listed companies.

o Double the number of companies self-declaring to make their workplaces healthier, from 50,000 in 2020 to more than 100,000 by 2025.

• Promoting nutritionally balanced school lunches, advancing further use of local produce in school lunches and implementing Shokuiku throughout school education activities based on relevant regulations such as the School Lunch Program Act.

• Engaging in international cooperation based on the recognition that nutrition is indispensable to human life and health, well-being and prosperity of societies and economies, with a view to achieving universal health coverage and building sustainable food systems. The aim is to achieve international nutrition goals, including addressing the double burden of nutrition. Human security and the sustainability of the planet should also be considered. Japan has committed a total of more than ¥300 billion (approximately US$2.8 billion) for nutrition-related interventions over the next three years through bilateral and multilateral assistance. This cooperation should be conducted with the participation of various actors from a wide range of sectors, respecting developing-country ownership and taking advantage of Japan's experience. Concrete examples include:

o Promoting cross-sectoral measures for nutrition improvement through the health, agriculture, food, water and sanitation, education and other sectors, and with bilateral and multilateral frameworks, based on Japan's experience (eg, nutrition surveys, nutritional guidance, maternal and child health handbooks, improvement of rural livelihoods, diversification of agricultural production, Japanese dietary patterns with excellent nutritional balance, improvement of the water supply, promotion of handwashing, school lunches, Shokuiku and relevant science, technology and innovation). Especially for Africa, the Initiative for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa would be accelerated, looking ahead to the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, to be held in 2022.

o Pledging US$50 million to the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents Multi-Donor Trust Fund and US$20 million to Japan’s single-donor Trust Fund for Scaling Up Nutrition Investments for provision of technical assistance in gathering data for developing nutrition indicators and policies for improvements in nutrition; mobilising funding while implementing formulated plans in collaboration with the International Development Association (IDA)/International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and incorporating the strengthening of human capital investment, including nutrition. into policy commitments for IDA 20 replenishment.

o Promoting nutrition implementation projects under the Asia Health and Wellbeing Initiative and the Africa Health and Wellbeing Initiative, with a view to contributing to the achievement of universal health coverage.

o Facilitating improvements in nutrition, including the establishment of business models for nutrition improvement and the promotion of workplace meals in developing and emerging countries, respecting each unique climate and food culture, through public–private partnerships such as the Nutrition Japan Public Private Platform.

o Providing funding to World Health Organization programmes to address global nutrition issues. With a focus on low- and middle-income countries, this will include financial assistance for measures to improve nutrition services, including policy development, knowledge sharing, formulation of international standards and guidelines and technical cooperation for human resources development.

• Establishing a multisectoral collaboration mechanism such as regular inter-governmental meetings to strengthen efforts towards nutrition improvement both nationally and globally.