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Africa Day marked in Tokyo with call for deeper Japan ties

Tokyo - African diplomats and Japanese officials gathered in Tokyo on Monday to mark the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the Organisation...

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (left) walks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during bilateral talks in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo: MoFA Japan
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Japan and India foreign ministers meet in New Delhi

New Delhi - Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with his Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in New Delhi on Monday...

Nigerian author and filmmaker Onyeka Nwelue signs a copy of his book "The Beginning of Everything Colorful" for Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka,
Africa

Soyinka backs filmmaker’s Japan residency bid

Osaka, Japan - Nigerian author and filmmaker Onyeka Nwelue has publicly thanked Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka for writing a recommendation letter to support...

Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Professor Amon Murwira pictured with outgoing JICA Zimbabwe Resident Representative Shigeki Furuta during a farewell courtesy call at the Munhumutapa Offices in Harare on Monday.
Diplomacy

Zimbabwe bids farewell to outgoing JICA representative

Harare - Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Professor Amon Murwira, on Monday received an outgoing courtesy call from the departing...

Botswana High Commissioner to Kenya H.E. Andrew Sesinyi addresses delegates at the official launch of the Japan Supplementary Budget Support Programme in Nairobi on 23 April 2026
Diplomacy

Japan funds southern Africa urban water project

Nairobi - Botswana's High Commissioner to Kenya, H.E. Andrew Sesinyi, represented his country at the official launch of the Japan Supplementary Budget Support...

Ambassador Shimizu Fumio, Japan's Vice-Minister for International Affairs Watanabe Yoichi and South Africa's Department of Agriculture Director General Mooketsa Ramasodi pictured with delegates from both countries' public and private sectors at the Japanese Embassy in Pretoria during the inaugural Joint Agriculture Working Committee meeting on 20 April 2025.
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Japan, SA launch agriculture working committee

Pretoria - Japan and South Africa have taken a significant step in strengthening bilateral agricultural ties, launching their first Joint Agriculture Working Committee...

Diplomacy

Japan donates accessible school buses

Mbabane - The Deputy Prime Minister’s Office announced on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, that an agreement for the donation of the Universal (Accessible)...

Diplomacy

Japan launches education project in Eswatini

The Deputy Prime Minister’s Office, represented by Principal Secretary Sibusiso Nkambule, joined Kunihiko Okada, Chief Representative of the JICA South Africa Office, for...