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 ...

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, ...

Japan on Thursday announced the withdrawal of its Africa Hometown project after a wave of misinformation falsely claimed it was meant to bring in African migrants. Tokyo faced backlash over erroneous ...

As African governments scour the globe for economic partners, Japan is not necessarily an obvious place to look. Few Japanese companies maintain a conspicuous presence in Africa, prefer- ring instead ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will withdraw its “JICA Africa Hometown” initiative amid an unceasing wave of protests fueled largely by misinformation spread on social media, ...

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 ...

This report is part of Strategic Japan, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by Japan’s leading foreign policy scholars on key regional and global challenges and the implications for the U ...

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 ...