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 ...

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.

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 ...

Japan’s government would like you to know: no, they’re not giving away a city to Tanzania. Authorities have been in damage control mode for the last few days after widespread misinformation about a ...

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 ...

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 ...