Fostering Japan-Africa business growth
The eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development will be the first TICAD held since the world was struck by the COVID-19 pandemic. The military invasion of Ukraine by Russia has severely affected the global economy in areas such as food and energy. Furthermore, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe effect on the global economy, but the economy in sub-Saharan Africa made a surprising rebound in 2021. Though this growth is expected to slow this year amid the war in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund still forecasts ...
Chance for Japan and Africa to build a sustainable world
Japan will host the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia on Aug. 27 and 28. TICAD is a conference Japan launched in 1993 to assist self-supporting development in Africa against the backdrop of the declining international interest in the continent following ...
Three factors key to conquering crises
Today, the world confronts multiple crises, including those brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and climate change. African societies and their economies have been severely impacted by these crises. The international community must support and work together with African partners ...
A new development path for Africa
The eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development comes at a moment of profound global change. The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us, reversing development gains and ravaging government balance sheets. At the same time, the global climate emergency continues unabated, and the ongoing ...
Yokohama: Integral partner in contributing to Africa¡¯s growth
Thanks to plentiful and abundant natural resources and significant population increases, Africa has enjoyed a period of dynamic growth in recent years. Yokohama served as the host city for the three Tokyo International Conferences on African Development in 2008, 2013 and 2019, which were ...
Ownership and partnership growing rapidly in ¡®last frontier¡¯
The Japan Times recently interviewed the Ambassador for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Jun Shinmi, prior to TICAD 8, which is to be held in Tunisia on Aug. 27 and 28. Shinmi spoke about the progress in advancing inclusive and sustainable development on ...
Malaria has plagued mankind for thousands of years and remains a global health problem with billions of people at risk of contracting the disease. Children under the age of 5 in sub-Saharan Africa bear the brunt. Substantial gains in decreasing the global malaria burden ...
Grateful for ongoing support, friendship in hard times
Ukraine has a long-lasting, glorious and yet tragic history in its fight for freedom. One of the literal readings of Ukraine¡¯s national emblem ¡ª the Trident ¡ª is nothing but the emblematic word ¡°freedom¡± in Ukrainian. The sacred idea of freedom, having our own ...
Students raise funds for charity, promote peace with music
On July 18, the Tokyo College of Music¡¯s Music Liberal Arts school held a charity concert at TCM Hall on the Daikanyama Campus to raise money and awareness to support war-torn Ukraine. Organized by third-year student Nanaha Kinoshita, the show featured Ukrainian artist Kateryna performing ...
The sixth edition of the Global Opinion Leaders Summit was held on July 28 and 29 in Tokyo and attended by over 1,200 people. Held under the auspices of Worldwide Support for Development (WSD), with support from the International Democrat Union (IDU) and the ...
The ASEAN-Japan Centre in Tokyo, established by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states and Japan, produced a series of documentary videos that take a closer look at women from ASEAN countries who are active in Japan. There are about 500,000 women from ...
