Japan’s foreign aid agency has scrapped a cultural exchange initiative with African countries after an online misinformation ...

Japan has scrapped a plan to promote cultural exchanges between regional cities and four African countries, after misinterpretations and disinformation sparked fears it would open the doors to mass ...

The programme with Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, and Tanzania had aimed to foster cultural and social exchanges.

Following the designation of four Japanese municipalities as “partner cities” for four African countries at the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in August, social ...

As African governments scour the globe for economic partners, Japan is not necessarily an obvious place to look. Few Japanese companies maintain a conspicuous presence in Africa, prefer- ring instead ...

Three years after the Tunis summit, Japan hosts its African partners on the home turf of Yokohama on 20-22 August – a chance to regain the momentum lost by the Covid-hit eighth summit. The Tokyo ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian Ocean to Africa as the country seeks to play a greater role in the African ...

Japan’s diplomacy toward Africa has been anchored mainly by the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), a multilateral initiative established in 1993 to promote Japan’s ...