Japan’s foreign aid agency has scrapped a cultural exchange initiative with African countries after an online misinformation campaign led to a torrent of complaints and fear of increased immigration.

Mindful of Africa’s economic potential — and particularly its natural resources — Japan has lately joined China in assiduously courting African governments in development partnerships. But a key issue ...

Africa presents a compelling investment destination for Japanese firms, with high growth potential and interconnectedness between several African countries and Japanese companies. Japaense and African ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — 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 ...

The conference come at a moment when Tokyo is seeking to deepen its global reach and demonstrate that it is prepared to match rhetoric with resources. As Japan prepares to host the 9th Tokyo ...

The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), once promoted as a vehicle for deepening Africa–Japan relations, has increasingly revealed itself as a hollow theatre of neo-imperial ...

Through both private firms and government agencies, Japanese venture capital (VC) investment is emerging as a notable force in Africa’s high-growth industries such as fintech, climate tech and ...

In 2022, Japan announced a target to invest $30bn of public and private capital in Africa with a focus on renewable energy, digital connectivity and smart infrastructure, to back the region’s ...

Investors claim they will generate funds for sustainable development on the continent. Japan aims to increase its presence in Africa. Over the next three years, the Japanese government plans to invest ...

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 ...

Japan has been promoting, in collaboration with the UN, the TICAD (Tokyo International Conference on African Development) process since 1993 to raise awareness of African development issue in the ...