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AFRICA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 1, 2015
Xi's African tour highlights China's expanding security role on continent
To see China's evolving foreign policy, look to Africa, where a desire to protect economic investment is leading to a revision of the country's hands-off approach to the internal affairs of other nations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 26, 2015
Pope shrugs off terror fears, starts Africa tour in bid to bridge Christian-Muslim divide
Pope Francis called on Wednesday for ethnic and religious reconcilation at the start of his first tour of Africa, where he will address a fast-growing Catholic population and seek to heal Christian-Muslim divisions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 23, 2015
Liberia puts 153 under Ebola surveillance after new outbreak sickens boy, 15
Liberia has placed 153 people under surveillance as it seeks to control a new Ebola outbreak in the capital more than two months after the country was declared free of the virus, health officials said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2015
Bringing pressure on Africa's ivory poachers
Poaching for ivory is taking a horrible toll on endangered species in Africa, but there is cause for hope as well.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2015
Nissan plans to double South Africa output with new pickup model
Nissan Motor Co. plans to build a new model of pickup at its South African plant starting in 2018 and will increase production from the facility as the carmaker seeks to capitalize on growing demand for new vehicles on the continent.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2015
India's drive to increase its involvement in Africa
New Delhi holds a summit of African leaders, marking India's continuing search for markets and resources on the continent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2015
India playing catch-up to China in Africa
India is scrambing to catch up with China in the competition for African markets and resources.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2015
Hitachi's $19 million settlement over improper payments offers insights into South African deals
Hitachi Ltd.'s $19 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission provides insight into how the company became a crucial supplier to South Africa's behind-schedule power plants that have yet to solve the country's electricity shortage.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Oct 1, 2015
Neither here nor there: Stretched between Nigeria and Japan, family ties fray
This is the last of a two-part series on Japanese-Nigerian families torn between Asia and Africa. The first part can be found here.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 23, 2015
Neither here nor there: the families torn between Nigeria and Japan
Caught between instability in Nigeria and isolation in Japan, African immigrants fear the loss of their children's love.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2015
In Africa, good fences make for safe species
An innovative conservation project in Kenya using electric fences is both protecting endangered species from poachers and agricultural crops from foraging animals.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 19, 2015
Germany feels migrant strain, forecasts 750,000 will seek asylum this year
The German government will sharply raise its forecast for the number of asylum seekers expected to arrive this year to a record-breaking 750,000, coalition sources said on Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2015
Burundi totters again
How much more damage will Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza inflict on his long-suffering nation?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2015
Mediterranean boat people are refugees, not migrants
People fleeing to Europe to escape violence in the Africa and the Middle East should be viewed as refugees, not migrants.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2015
The unstoppable human tide
Europe and the rest of the world needs to step up to the plate and deal with the humanitarian crisis over the tide of migrants sweeping across the Mediterranean.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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