Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD)

Turning Waste into Hope: A Youth-Led Model for Sustainable Change

By Karuta Yamamoto
From the beginning, this project was a collaboration between student teams in Japan and Korea. Although we live in different countries, we shared one common question: How can young people reduce waste while supporting families facing food insecurities?

Japan Seeks to Remake Asia-Africa Relationship

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Acutely aware of China’s strong presence in resource-rich Africa, Japan, the world’s third largest economy, is beefing up its relations with the continent. Participants at a high-level donor conference hosted by Japan this week stressed the need for closer engagement, not through the traditional grants and assistance loans that have hitherto defined the relationship, but rather through trade and investment led by the Japanese private sector.
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