The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced on Thursday that it will cancel the Africa Hometown scheme, after an episode that experts say illustrates the potential ...

Despite repeated government clarifications, the uproar caused by misinformation about Japan’s immigration policy continues to rage, including acts of vandalism and calls to dismantle the nation’s ...

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 ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency has scrapped its 'hometown' exchange initiative with Africa weeks after it ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency was planning to carry out a project that would promote exchanges with Africa ...

African Union Commission Chairperson Mahamoud Ali Youssouf delivers a speech during the opening ceremony for The Ninth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- 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 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 ...

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 ...

Japan’s migration debate is increasingly turning against foreigners wishing to come to the country [File: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images] Japan’s foreign aid agency has scrapped a cultural ...