Japanese ambassador Shinohara Katsuhiro signed an agreement Monday granting over $1 million to seven local authorities and NGOs under Japan's Kusanone grant assistance projects. The organisations are: Sharing Experience for Adapted Development ($82,150); Vocational Training for Alleviation of Poverty and Social Develop-ment ($88,268); Mines Advisory Group ($584,764); Chaong Maong Commune Council, Kampong Chhnang province ($86,942); Phnom Penh Regional Teacher Training Center ($85,387); Dept of Education, Youth and Sport of Phnom Penh municipality ($87,150); and Kampong Cham Provincial Dept of Water Resources and Meteorology ($84,768).