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Japan Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Japan Times
Ishiba and Guterres agree to deepen Japan-U.N. cooperation
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres confirmed during phone talks Friday their intention to deepen cooperative ties between the Asian country and the United Nations. For the deeper cooperation, Ishiba and Guterres agreed to take advantage of, among other things, international events in Japan, such as the ongoing World Exposition in the city of Osaka and the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), to be held in Yokohama in August. In the 10-minute phone conversation, Ishiba stressed the importance of the role played by the United Nations at a time when the international community faces a host of challenges. He also said Japan is ready to work closely with the United Nations for the reform of the world body. Guterres expressed his gratitude for Japan's support for U.N. activities.
See - Sada Elbalad
14-05-2025
- Politics
- See - Sada Elbalad
Japan to Highlight African Diplomacy at TICAD 9
Ahmed Emam The Foreign Press Center Japan (FPCJ) has announced an upcoming online press briefing ahead of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), scheduled to take place in Yokohama from August 20 to 22, 2025. This year's conference is being positioned as Japan's most significant diplomatic initiative with the Global South. The FPCJ briefing, set for Thursday, May 22, will feature Mr. Kenju Murakami, Deputy Director-General and Deputy Assistant Minister of the International Cooperation Bureau and African Affairs Department at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Under the theme 'Strengthening Japan's Relations with Countries in the Global South through TICAD 9,' Mr. Murakami will present Japan's evolving Official Development Assistance (ODA) strategy in response to shifting global dynamics. TICAD, launched in 1993, has long been a key forum for Japan-Africa engagement. With African nations becoming more prominent on the global stage, TICAD 9 comes at a pivotal moment. Mr. Murakami is expected to outline how Japan plans to reinforce partnerships across the continent, emphasizing development cooperation, economic growth, and strategic diplomacy. The press briefing will be held in Japanese with consecutive English interpretation and will include a Q\&A session exclusively for members of the foreign press. Participants are encouraged to submit questions in advance by Thursday, May 15, at 12:00 JST. read more Gold prices rise, 21 Karat at EGP 3685 NATO's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict US Expresses 'Strong Opposition' to New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Shoukry Meets Director-General of FAO Lavrov: confrontation bet. nuclear powers must be avoided News Iran Summons French Ambassador over Foreign Minister Remarks News Aboul Gheit Condemns Israeli Escalation in West Bank News Greek PM: Athens Plays Key Role in Improving Energy Security in Region News One Person Injured in Explosion at Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers Lifestyle Pistachio and Raspberry Cheesecake Domes Recipe News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War
Zawya
13-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Largest number ever of around 200 Japanese companies to participate in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Business Expo & Conference
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO; Chairman and CEO: ISHIGURO Norihiko; Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo) ( is pleased to announce that it will host the TICAD Business Expo&Conference from 20 to 22 August 2025, as one of the Thematic Events of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9). This event will comprise four zones—Japan Fair, Africa Lounge, Event Stage, and Thematic Exhibitions—bringing together diverse content in one venue in a new style of event organisation. A total of 196 Japanese companies and organisations (including 107 small and medium enterprises (SMEs)) will be participating in Japan Fair, the largest number ever, making the TICAD business Expo&Conference the largest-ever Africa-related event to be organised by JETRO. Download Exhibitor List: TICAD9 will be held in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture from 20 to 22 August 2025, led by the Government of Japan and co-hosted by United Nations, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), African Union Commission (AUC) and World Bank. In conjunction with TICAD9, JETRO has planned the TICAD Business Expo&Conference as a new style of business events that brings together diverse exhibits and opportunities for interaction. In order to support the proactive initiatives of Japanese companies to grasp expanding business opportunities in the African market, JETRO has updated its event model from a conventional exhibition to provide a more practical venue for business exchanges. Japan Fair aims to create new business opportunities in the African market by introducing excellent products, technologies, and the services of Japanese companies to government officials and business leaders visiting Japan from African countries. The exhibition is comprised of eight thematic zones, based on the African Union's Agenda 2063, including 'Infrastructure,' 'Health and Sanitation Improvement,' and 'Food Value Chain.' A totally new addition for TICAD9 will be a 'Pop Culture' zone. Africa Lounge will feature the presentation of investment and business information from African governments for Japanese businesspeople interested in doing business in Africa. The Event Stage will feature seminars based on business themes and thematic panel discussions by Japanese companies. JETRO is also planning panel discussions that bring together key persons from the African business community, as well as other pop culture and innovation-themed events. At the Thematic Exhibitions JETRO will be showcasing the two themes of 'Pop Culture' and 'Innovation.' The Pop Culture exhibition will highlight the potential for business development utilising content originating from Japan, and the Innovation exhibition will introduce groundbreaking ideas and technology that promise to open up a new future for Africa and Japan. In addition to the record number of exhibiting companies and organisations at Japan Fair, the TICAD Business Expo&Conference will incorporate new approaches to exhibitions and planning, including pop culture and innovation, seeking to invigorate business exchanges with Africa in new and unprecedented ways. The event will bring together diverse stakeholders from Japan and Africa and is expected to create new partnerships and business matching opportunities. JETRO will use this event as an opportunity to continue to support Japanese companies in raising their visibility and expanding their businesses in the African market. Overview TICAD9 Name: Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) Date: Wednesday 20 – Friday 22 August 2025 Organiser: Led by the Government of Japan, and co-hosted by the United Nations, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), African Union Commission, and the World Bank Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Official website: (English) (Japanese) TICAD Business Expo&Conference Date: Wednesday 20 – Friday 22 August 2025 Organiser/Co-Organiser: JETRO, Japan Business Council for Africa (JBCA) Supported by: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Venue: Pacific Yokohama, Hall B&C (Minato-Mirai 1-1-1, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0012) Total area: 10,000 m 2 Zones: Japan Fair, Africa Lounge, Event Stage, Thematic Exhibitions About Japan Fair Expected exhibitors: 196 companies and organisations (as of May 13) (excluding duplicates) (including in-booth exhibits) *Of the above number, 107 participants are SMEs *Participants from 30 Japanese prefectures. Yamagata (1), Fukushima (1), Ibaraki (1), Gunma (1), Saitama (2), Chiba (2), Tokyo (111), Kanagawa (18), Niigata (1), Ishikawa (2), Yamanashi (1), Nagano (6), Gifu (1), Shizuoka (2), Aichi (6), Shiga (1), Kyoto (7), Osaka (15), Hyogo (13), Nara (1), Okayama (1), Hiroshima (2), Tokushima (1), Kagawa (2), Ehime (2), Fukuoka (1), Saga (1), Kumamoto (2), Miyazaki (1), Okinawa (2). (Figures in parenthesis indicate number of companies/organisations. Includes companies/organisations with more than one location.) *Number of participants by zone: Japanese Companies Driving Growth in Africa: 63 Transforming Infrastructure: 55 Advancing Healthcare and Sanitation Standards: 24 Food Value Chain: 23 Skills for the Future: 14 Climate Solutions: 14 Sustainable Urban Development Solutions: 3 Pop Culture: 2 Overview and outcomes of Japan-Africa Business Expo held at TICAD7 in 2019 Date: 28-30 August 2019 Total area: 6,700 m 2 No. of visitors: Approx. 21,000 No. of Japan Fair exhibitors: 156 companies/organisations (including 81 SMEs) No. of exhibiting countries in Africa Lounge: 45 Attachment List of expected participating companies/organisations Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Inquiries about this press release: Kubo, Yamada, Ishikawa Business Frontier Development Division Overseas Business Development Department JETRO Ark Mori Building 6F 12-32, Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 107-6006 Japan E-mail: ticad9-jf@ Tel: 03-3582-5170 About JETRO: JETRO is a policy implementation organisation that aims to contribute to the further development of Japan's economy and society through trade and investment promotion and research on developing countries. With an international and domestic network comprising over 70 overseas offices and approximately 50 domestic operating hubs, including Tokyo Headquarters, JETRO Osaka, the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) and regional offices, JETRO contributes to Japan's corporate activities and trade policy through surveys and studies, working agilely and efficiently to support the creation of innovation, exports of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and foodstuffs, and the overseas expansion of Japanese enterprises.
The Mainichi
13-05-2025
- Politics
- The Mainichi
Japan, Guinea-Bissau vow closer ties ahead of development conference
May 13, 2025 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, right, and the president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, shake hands ahead of their talks in Tokyo on May 12, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The leaders of Japan and Guinea-Bissau agreed on Monday to boost bilateral cooperation, including on food security, ahead of a Japan-hosted conference on African development this summer. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told the West African country's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo that he hopes that the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, to be held in late August in Yokohama, will become a forum to co-create solutions to the continent's challenges for their collective prosperity, according to the Foreign Ministry. During their meeting at his office in Tokyo, Ishiba also told Embalo that "peace and stability in Guinea-Bissau is important for the stability" of West Africa, while urging "transparent and fair" presidential and parliamentary elections in November. Embalo was quoted as saying he wants bilateral cooperation to deepen in "all areas," adding that the African nation places importance on TICAD. The two leaders discussed the situation in East Asia, including North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals, and the war between Russia and Ukraine, as they affirmed the importance of the rule of law, the government said. Embalo also visited the World Exposition in Osaka amid his first Japan trip since becoming president in 2020.
Morocco World
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Morocco World
Tunisia Hosts Polisario in Fresh Affront to Morocco's Sovereignty
Doha – In a blatant affront to Morocco's sovereignty, Tunisia has once again thrown open its doors to the Polisario Front separatists, permitting their delegation to infiltrate a conference on 'Building Social Cohesion in a Changing World' currently underway in Tunis. Ayoub Mohamed Sidi, who masquerades as the Central Director of Youth at the fictional 'Ministry of Youth and Sports' of the illegitimate 'Sahrawi Republic,' is brazenly participating in the event at the behest of the notoriously biased Catalan NGO NOVACT. This flagrant provocation exemplifies Tunisia's relentless campaign against Morocco's territorial integrity. The conference assembles organizations and self-proclaimed experts from the Mediterranean region to deliberate on various challenges, while shamelessly carving out dedicated space for what the separatist militia euphemistically calls 'Sahrawi resistance'—another thinly-veiled platform for the Algerian puppet group to disseminate its toxic narrative. President Kaïs Saïed's subservience to Algeria Tunisia's collusion with NOVACT to harbor Polisario operatives on its soil follows an established pattern of hostility. In September 2022, this same organization orchestrated a forum labeled 'Camp for Climate Justice' in Tunisia, where the separatist front lurked behind the façade of the Spanish NGO. That underhanded maneuver forced the Moroccan delegation to withdraw in righteous protest after the separatists surreptitiously organized an unscheduled workshop provocatively titled 'Climate Change Under Occupation, Green Washing.' Diplomatic relations between Rabat and Tunis have plummeted precipitously since August 2022, when Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed scandalously lavished Polisario chief Brahim Ghali with state honors during the Japan-Africa summit (TICAD). Ghali—ferried to Tunis aboard an Algerian presidential aircraft—was personally welcomed by an obsequious Saïed at Carthage Airport, where the two conspired in closed-door talks. 'After repeatedly taking negative positions and actions against the Kingdom of Morocco and its higher interests, Tunisia's attitude in the TICAD process flagrantly confirms its hostility,' Morocco's Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared forcefully at the time, announcing the immediate recall of Morocco's ambassador to Tunis in a decisive diplomatic rebuke. The incident triggered a stern Japanese condemnation of Tunisia's reckless unilateral action. In an unambiguous statement during TICAD's first plenary session, the Japanese delegation emphatically reaffirmed that the separatist front's presence did not reflect its stance on the Sahara dispute. 'TICAD is a forum for discussion on development in Africa,' said the statement, stressing that 'the presence of any entity not recognized by Japan as a sovereign state does not affect Japan's position regarding the status of this entity.' Tunisia's subservience to Algeria on the Sahara issue has become increasingly evident. In August 2024, President Saïed imperiously directed his Foreign Minister, Mohamed Ali Nafti, to enshrine 'the defense of peoples' right to self-determination as a constant in Tunisian diplomacy,' effectively parroting Algeria's contrived position on the Sahara conflict. Read also: Algeria, Tunisia Skip Arab Summit: A Saga of Diplomatic Isolation and Hypocrisy This calculated pivot in Tunisia's stance began in October 2021, when the country revealingly abandoned its long-maintained neutrality by abstaining from voting on a UN Security Council resolution on the Sahara. The following December, Tunisia's foreign minister eagerly attended a forum in Oran engineered by Algeria specifically to manipulate African countries into supporting the Polisario's spurious claims at the Security Council. Many fear that Tunisia's gradual embrace of Algeria's Morocco-bashing agenda will at some point disrupt the historically cordial relations between Rabat and Tunis. 'The Sahara issue is the prism through which Morocco views its international environment. It is also clearly and simply the measure that gauges the sincerity of friendships and the effectiveness of partnerships it establishes,' King Mohammed unequivocally proclaimed in a speech on August 20, 2022. The Moroccan monarch once again brought this idea to the forefront in his speech on November 6, 2024. Marking the 49th anniversary of the Green March, King Mohammed VI delivered a powerful denunciation of Algeria's obstinate hostility regarding the Sahara issue. Without naming Algeria directly, the King condemned those 'still feeding on the illusions of the past' and 'clinging to outdated theories and claims' in support of an independence referendum that has been 'discarded by the United Nations' as impractical. While Morocco's autonomy plan for the Sahara has garnered overwhelming international support from more than 110 countries—including distant powers like the United States, France, and Spain—conspicuously absent is backing from its closest geographical neighbors. Algeria continues to bankroll and arm the separatist Polisario militia while cynically exploiting vulnerable Sahrawis in the Tindouf camps, who endure deplorable, humiliating conditions with restricted movement despite living on Algerian soil. Despite Morocco's vehement objections, Tunisia's persistent harboring of Polisario representatives conclusively demonstrates that reconciliation between Rabat and Tunis is off the table as the North African neighbor continues to willfully entangle itself deeper in Algeria's venomous anti-Moroccan agenda. Tags: Polisario FrontTunisia
