Japan’s manufacturing activity hit a four-year high in April as firms stockpiled goods amid Middle East-driven supply chain disruptions, while African ports emerged as key pivots in global shipping ...

Visual Voice Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo; CEO: Tetsuya Bessho), the operator of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA)—one of Asia's largest Academy Awards® accredited international ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan has one combined distinctive goal on the African agenda – investment, trade and development. This was indicated explicitly in most of the speeches and presentations at the three-day development ...

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 ...

Japan and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Friday announced a joint target of $3.5 billion under the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa initiative (EPSA4), during the 7 th ...

TOKYO, Japan - Ministers from Japan and African countries agreed on Sunday that they urgently need to take policy actions to address the continent's "vulnerabilities" and achieve its sustainable ...

Sacko, who is believed to be the first African-born president of a Japanese university, segued elegantly into fluent Japanese, invoking Hannah Arendt, Edward Said, Eleanor Roosevelt and Malien writer ...