GOJ Self Pay

$42K USD

Funder	Department of Agriculture
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture
Country	Japan
Start Date	Jul 21, 2012
End Date	Feb 10, 2014
Duration	569 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`251018-85`

Grant Description

Two officers from Japans MAFF Animal Quarantine Inspection Service completed a 10-week detector dog training at APHIS, PPQs Georgia National Detector Dog Training Center.

IS-Tokyo coordinated the technical and administrative request between the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the National Detector Dog Training Center to meet MAFFs deadline of completing the course by the end of 2011.

After completing the training, the officers and their dogs were assigned to the newly expanded Tokyo Haneda International Terminal.

The National Detector Dog Training Center staff extended boarding and care of the three candidate dogs to qualify two of them as rabies-free for export to Japan after the completion of the training