Ex-JICA trainees association, created at the initiative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA, an independent administrative cooperation,chaired by Sadako Ogata) total 98 in number and are based in 84 countries. Eight of the 98 associations are made up of Japanese descendants. Brazil, has as many as 8 association (1 of them comprising Japanese descendants). The establishment of “Follow-up Cooperation” team has been giving a great impectus to organizing similar associations around the world.