The ALIS landmine detector was demonstrated by workers of the National Emergency Service of Ukraine for demining in Ukraine. ALIS combines the functions of a metal detector and ground penetrating radar to efficiently locate landmines. Click here for the related FaceBook page.
Representative Sato went to Cambodia again this month. He used the new ALIS software to test and train.
In addition, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, “On March 20, 2025, in the capital Phnom Penh, the Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia signed an exchange of notes regarding the revision of the donation limit for the “Economic and Social Development Program (Mine Action Equipment)” and the “Cambodia Mine Action Center Training Facility and Outreach Facility Construction Program.” We hope that ALIS will continue to be useful in mine removal.
As part of JICA’s humanitarian mine and unexploded ordnance countermeasures, ALISys CEO Sato headed to Ukraine for training in the detection, identification, and removal of mines and explosives using the mine detector ALIS. In the area, the Emergency Situations Service of Ukraine (SESU) is detecting, identifying, and removing mines and explosives to protect people’s safety amid ongoing Russian attacks. The use of the mine detector ALIS is being introduced on the Emergency Situations Service of SESU’s Facebook page.
Nikkei Business (JICA PR) reported that the Ukrainian State Emergency Service (SESU) went to the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) to learn how to use the ALIS mine detector from our CEO, Motoyuki Sato and a local instructor (September 2023). Three weeks later, we have a detailed article on X (formerly Twitter) about how we were able to clear 8,610 mines. Please click here to read the article. We hope it helps to clear the land of mines to return it to livable land. (The article is in Japanese.)