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AFRICA

COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2017
'Fintech' can empower Africa's poor
Africa's greatest hope may be in the commercial advance of technology.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 21, 2017
Metabolism of oxygen-deprived mole-rats seen offering hope in times of heart attack
They are homely, buck-toothed, pink, nearly hairless and just plain weird, but one of the many odd traits of rodents called naked mole-rats that live in subterranean bliss in the deserts of East Africa could someday be of great benefit to people.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Apr 16, 2017
Architect builds bridges between the Congo and Kansai
With an otaku's giddiness, Baye McNeil speaks with Nsenda Lukumwena, an authority on Japanese buildings and head of an architectural firm in Kobe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 15, 2017
Asuka Takita: Veterinarian embraces life on the African plains
The king of the jungle is among the many acquaintances of Japan-born Asuka Takita since she made Kenya her home almost a decade ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 13, 2017
African ants march into battle with termites and rescue their wounded comrades: scientists
Much like human soldiers in combat, members of a large, black, termite-eating ant species found in sub-Saharan Africa march in formation into battle and afterward retrieve wounded comrades and carry them back home to recover.
Rugby
Mar 24, 2017
2007 World Cup-winning coach White takes reins at Toyota Verblitz
Jake White, the 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning coach with South Africa, has been appointed as the new head coach for Toyota Verblitz, the Top League side announced Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2017
The best way to ensure aid to Africa is effective
It is critical to help African countries improve governance before providing financial assistance.
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2017
A humanitarian crisis is imminent
More than 20 million people in four countries in Africa and the Middle East are at risk of starving to death.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 29, 2017
Chinese billions fail to sway Taiwan's last two allies in Africa
Taiwan's last two African allies have no plans to switch allegiances and break ties with Taipei as Beijing tries to woo the self-ruled island's diplomatic partners.
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2017
Crisis in Gambia
Yayha Jammeh, who lost Gambia's presidential election last month, should honor the people's will by stepping down.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017
Yahoo Japan defies calls to halt ivory sales as poaching soars
Yahoo Japan, the country's biggest online auction site, is rebuffing calls to end online ivory trading despite Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer's misgivings over facilitating a business blamed for the illegal slaughter of African elephants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 13, 2017
800 migrants rescued off six rubber boats as Libyan traffickers exploit weather window
Some 800 migrants were plucked from flimsy rubber boats on Thursday, Italy's coast guard said, as Libya-based people smugglers took advantage of a window of good midwinter weather to send them to sea.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 8, 2017
Zuma's ex-wife gets boost in South Africa leadership race
The chances of South African President Jacob Zuma's ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, becoming the next leader of the African National Congress were given a boost on Saturday with the endorsement of the ruling party's women's division.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2016
China making big diplomat gains in Egypt
China is advancing to the center of the geopolitical stage just as — if not because — American and European leadership seems to be retreating into the wings.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 8, 2016
White South African men accused of forcing black man into coffin denied bail
A South African court on Thursday denied bail to two white men charged with assault and kidnapping after a video showed them forcing a wailing black man into a coffin, an act the judge described as "brutal racism."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2016
Gambia — a short billion years
Gambia President Yahya Jammeh shocked his nation and the world when he said he would honor an election that saw him defeated.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2016
BRICS falls under China's sway
Just as China dominates the other new institutions of which it is a founding member — from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank — it is using BRICS to assertively push its own interests.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2016
Ajinomoto vying to buy into African dairy and beverage firm Promasidor
Ajinomoto and PepsiCo. are among bidders seeking to buy a stake in African dairy and beverage company Promasidor in a deal that would give them access to its distribution network across the continent, sources said.
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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