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Japan Prime Minister Stresses Shift to Investment in Africa, Vows to Assist Development of Nacala Corridor in South
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba emphasized the shift from aid to investment in relations with Afric...
August 21, 2025
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Program Born from TICAD Helps Japan Firms Grow in Africa, as Program Alumni Aid in Search for Business Opportunities
YOKOHAMA – Among the programs that have come out of the Tokyo International Conference on African...
August 21, 2025
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Ex-PM Kishida Vows Job Training for Africa, Plus Japan’s Support for a Permanent African Seat on the U.N. Security Council
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday announced plans to provide job training to 300,00...
August 21, 2025
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Japan Tries to Catch up with China in Tug-of-War over Copper, Cobalt, Other Important Minerals in Africa
KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Japan has fallen behind in the race to form cooperati...
August 21, 2025
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Guterres Condemns Israeli Settlement Plan in Occupied West Bank
YOKOHAMA — U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday condemned the Israeli government’s...
August 21, 2025
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AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL / TICAD 9 in Yokohama, Japan, to Highlight Shift from Aid to Investment in Africa as Region Sees Surge in Interest
The Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), a summit-level meeting...
August 20, 2025
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AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL / Consultant: TICAD 9 Offers a Wealth of Opportunities for Japanese Companies; Firms Should Seize These Chances to Expand into New Fields, Create New Businesses
Yukari Umemoto is the managing director of Africa Business Partners. The following is an excerpt ...
August 20, 2025
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AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL / TICAD 9 to Focus on Cooperative Industrial, Economic Development of Africa
The inaugural summit of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was arr...
August 20, 2025
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Peace Museum in Brazil to Rise from Ashes, Convey Survivor Stories Again
FREI ROGERIO, Brazil — The reconstruction of a peace museum in southern Brazil, established by an...
July 28, 2025
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16 Japanese Nationals, Their Families Evacuate Iran by Bus for Azerbaijan
Japanese nationals and their families — 16 people in total — who wished to evacuate Iran had left...
June 26, 2025
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Iran Shows Interior of State-Run Broadcaster after Bombing by Israel
The Iranian government on Wednesday invited foreign media inside a Tehran-based office for the st...
June 26, 2025
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U.N. Mulls Cutting 7,000 Jobs, Reorganizing 40 Agencies; U.S. Funding Cuts Force Intl Body to Make Unprecedented Reorganization
NEW YORK/GENEVA — The United Nations is considering reorganizing more than 40 agencies, organizat...
June 12, 2025
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G7 to Agree on Road Map for Rare Earth Procurement; June Summit Will Feature Documents of Agreement, Forgo Leaders’ Statement to Avoid Inflaming Tensions
One of the documents of agreement to be adopted at the upcoming summit of the leaders of the Grou...
June 11, 2025
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Egyptian Candidate for Unesco’s Top Spot Stresses Agency’s Role in Times of Crisis
Khaled El-Enany, a former minister of tourism and antiquities for Egypt and now a candidate for d...
June 1, 2025
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Japan Offers Supports to Women in War-torn Sudan; Creates Haven for Women to Get Together Without Worry
PORT SUDAN, Sudan — The government is striving to support women facing hardship in Sudan as the n...
May 30, 2025
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