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AFRICA

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2021
Upheaval is coming to South Africa over the shift away from coal
For decades almost all the electricity needed to power Africa's most industrialized economy has been produced by a fleet of aging coal-fired plants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 19, 2021
Previous coronavirus infection may offer less protection from South Africa variant
Previous infection with the coronavirus may offer less protection against the new variant first identified in South Africa, scientists said on Monday, although they hope that vaccines will still work.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2021
Africa's Great Green Wall aims for fresh growth spurt after sluggish start
About a quarter of the Earth's land area is in a bad condition due to natural processes such as erosion and human practices like deforestation and overgrazing, scientists say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2021
Japan vows to support Senegal's response to pandemic
Senegal's foreign minister thanked Japan for its support and requested its cooperation in securing coronavirus vaccines for the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 7, 2021
Lessons from Rwanda’s fight against COVID-19
The country does not have an abundance of ventilators or intensive-care-unit beds, but it does have a system built on equity, trust, community participation, and patient centrism.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2020
Japan confirms first case of South African coronavirus strain
Authorities have already identified more than a dozen cases of another variant that is spreading rapidly in Britain.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2020
Japan foreign minister to visit Africa and Latin America in January
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday he plans to visit a total of eight African and Latin American countries in January to strengthen bilateral business ties and cooperate in realizing a "free and open" international order.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2020
East Africa’s electric motorbikes are fueling a carbon-free future
The momentum on the continent is particularly strong in East Africa, where big money is flowing into growing and stabilizing the electricity grid.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2020
Japan and South Africa agree to beef up post-pandemic business ties
Some 160 companies including Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. have bases in resource-rich South Africa, which accounts for more than 20% of Africa's gross domestic product.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2020
What Africa needs now is its own Japan or Singapore
What Africa might need is its own Japan — a pioneering country that can industrialize first, and then invest in the rest of the continent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2020
African nation worst hit by COVID-19 falling behind on vaccines
Almost 22,000 people have died of COVID-19 in South Africa, the 14th-highest figure worldwide.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2020
Coronavirus is helping African economies compete
Africa's 54 countries now include seven of the globe's 10 fastest-growing economies, in part because the lethal virus may have improved their competitive advantage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2020
Ethiopia’s prime minister trades his Nobel Peace Prize for civil war
We may be long past holding laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize to its lofty standards — the cruel cynicism of Henry Kissinger and open bigotry of Aung San Suu Kyi are just two instances of honorees behaving dishonorably — but Abiy Ahmed’s belly flop from the pedestal is nonetheless remarkable....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 20, 2020
China has given $2.1 billion of debt relief to poor countries
China has extended debt relief to developing countries worth a combined $2.1 billion under the G20 framework, the highest among the group's members in terms of the amount deferred, the country's Finance Minister Liu Kun said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2020
In Africa’s debt fog, China loses too
As the African continent's biggest lender, the bigger prize for China has always been political.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 27, 2020
Africa is warming fast, and the most vulnerable are being hit hardest
Climate change and climate variability, together with conflicts, instability and economic crises, are listed as key drivers of a recent increase in hunger in Africa.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2020
How the green revolution is harming Africa
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, around two billion people globally were experiencing food insecurity, and close to 750 million faced chronic or severe hunger.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 10, 2020
How bitcoin gained currency in Africa
Monthly cryptocurrency transfers to and from Africa of under $10,000 jumped more than 55 percent in a year to reach $316 million in June.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2020
Japanese murder suspect gives up life on run in South Africa due to pandemic
A 46-year-old Japanese man wanted in connection with a murder in Tokyo 17 years ago has been arrested after giving up on his life on the run in South Africa due to the coronavirus, which left him without work or money, Japanese police said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2020
Japan raises travel advisory for 13 countries mainly in Africa
The Foreign Ministry said the move brings the number of countries and regions under the Level 3 advisory for infectious diseases to 159.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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