Vol 66 No 18 | JAPANAFRICA Tokyo scores on policy but loses on scale 12th September 2025 Summit pledges on cutting the cost of capital, boosting fair trade and investment were popular, but delegates want quantity as well as quality One of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s last diplomatic forays before his resignation on 7 September was his hosting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9)... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 18 | JAPANAFRICA Tokyo promises $30bn to Africa a week after Beijing's debt relief offer 30th August 2022 At their continental summit in Tunis, Japanese diplomats stepped up the financial and rhetorical rivalry with China Japan's pledge to direct US$30 billion to Africa in aid, loans and investments over the next three years is part of its plan to boost flows to the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 55 No 3 | JAPANAFRICA Abe in Africa 5th February 2014 A rise in Japanese activity on the continent worries China, as does Tokyo's pledge to provide US$32 billion in finance by 2018 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state tour to Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique and Ethiopia in early January was only the third official visit by a serving Japanese Premier to take...
Vol 7 (AAC) No 1 | JAPAN Tsuyoshi Okamoto 4th November 2013 President, Tokyo Gas, Japan Under Tsuyoshi Okamoto’s leadership, Japan’s Tokyo Gas is preparing to invest in its first liquefied natural gas projects in Africa. Executive Vice-President Shigeru Muraki announced in October that...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 11 | JAPANAFRICA Security climbs the agenda 3rd September 2013 Tokyo plans to increase its security presence in Africa next year and Prime Minister Abe discussed piracy and terrorism when in Djibouti in August In response to the January 2013 attack on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to spend a chunk of Tokyo’s 2014 defence...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | JAPANAFRICA Africa's bidding war 2nd July 2013 Tokyo used its conference to show that Japan's aid and its private sector can compete with China and India in Africa At the Fifth Tokyo International Conference for African Development, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government pledged ¥3.2 trillion (US$32 billion) in public and private funds for African growth over...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | JAPANAFRICA TICAD V: An agenda for business 31st May 2013 TICAD attendees will discuss how to get the Japanese private sector involved in African development and how to fight against piracy and instability Japan will roll out its plan for the next five-year phase of African engagement at the Fifth Tokyo International Conference for African Development in Yokohama on 1-3 June.... READ FOR FREE
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MOZAMBIQUEJAPAN Agricultural revolution delayed 31st May 2013 The ProSavana project that could turn Mozambique into a major agricultural producer has yet to convince local civil society groups and farmers The ProSavana project has been set up to repeat a Japan International Cooperation Agency programme that helped to turn Brazil's Cerrado region into a major agricultural producer. Its...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | JAPAN Toshimitsu Motegi 4th April 2013 Trade Minister, Japan Toshimitsu Motegi will meet representatives from twelve African countries to discuss developments in their mining sectors to prepare for the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 3 | JAPANAFRICA Abe backs business 15th January 2013 Japan’s private sector is taking a more strategic view of Africa and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new government will back them all the way Governments may come and go but the Tokyo International Conference on African Development remains at the heart of Japan-Africa relations. Even as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic...