Japan told foreign ministers and senior officials from about 50 African countries on Sunday that it will continue to arrange for ¥3.2 trillion ($32 billion) in aid to flow into the continent over the five-year period ending in 2017.
With the public and private sectors acting in concert, Japan "will steadily implement the assistance it pledged" last year, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said in a speech to kick off a two-day meeting in Cameroon on a Japan-led initiative to promote development in Africa.
Under the program, Japan has provided patrol ships to Djibouti, built and serviced roads in West Africa and promoted exchanges of businesswomen between Japan and Africa.