There is a small community of Japanese people in Egypt, mainly of expatriates from Japan.
Japanese Rail engineers and experts dispatched by the Japan International Cooperation Agency have been coming to Cairo[when?]
to provide technical guidance on inspection and repair work at Cairo Metro.
[citation needed] Japanese firms Kinki Sharyo Co. and the Toshiba Corporation were contracted to produce the majority of the rolling stock for the project.
[8] Japanese schools in Egypt: The Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology is located in Alexandria.