Tag - africa

 
 

AFRICA

COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2013
Agricultural land grabs in developing countries?
Should rich countries — or investors based there — be buying agricultural land in developing countries?
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jul 4, 2008
NGOs worried Africa will get short shrift
When the fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama drew to a close May 30, Sayaka Funada-Classen, leader of a Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization, felt the years of engagement with the government had partly paid off.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 7, 2006
Finding Africa in the heart of Japan
We explored the Africa Remix exhibition at the Mori Art Museum the other day and came back buzzing with inspiration, hungry for more of the vibrant cultures and flavors of that great continent. There aren't a lot of options here in Tokyo, but at least there's Calabash.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Aug 27, 2002
A rainy spell, and a desert blooms
For much of the year, most of Namaqualand is hot, dry, dusty and all but dead.

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A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?