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		<title>Japan to focus on public-private partnerships</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Africa and Japan: A true win-win duo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinzo Abe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TICAD meets again, for the fifth time, in Yokohama. Coinciding with the Golden Jubilee for the African Union, dozens of heads of state from across the continent will bring their passion, zeal and renewed confidence over here to tell us in unison that Africa is now leading global economic growth. Official Developmental Assistance still matters, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singer Misia help raise awareness about Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minoru Matsutani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A powerful five-octave voice coming from a small frame is normally what describes Misia as a singer. The second hat she wears is as a philanthropic activist for Africa. Donating money and participating in charity campaigns are not extraordinary for entertainers. So Misia felt she had to do more. She decided to visit African countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The evolution of TICAD since its inception in 1993</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minoru Matsutani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TICAD, or the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, has continuously evolved since the first conference in 1993. Held once every five years, the conference has attracted a rising number of participants as Japanese companies become more interested in Africa and vice versa amid the economic expansion of the African continent. At TICAD IV in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TICAD remains as important as ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Clark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty years ago, Japan and a number of international partners founded the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) to help boost human development across the continent. Since that time, TICAD has played a critical role in raising global awareness of African development issues and providing strategic leadership on development assistance to Africa. Its 1998 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JICA helps Africans develop their future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chiho Iuchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), an independent governmental agency that coordinates official development assistance (ODA) for the government, has played an important role for the country in its relations with foreign nations. The following is the story of a JICA staff member who worked from 2007 to 2009 in the Democratic Republic of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zensho pursues fair trade with small farmers in Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fair trade is a concept widely accepted in the world describing a business practice in which importers provide humanitarian benefits to exporters, who are usually in developing nations. Humanitarian benefits can mean anything from paying proper prices for high-quality products to helping the people in that country build social infrastructure, such as water supply systems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yokohama continues to foster close African ties</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chiho Iuchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Africa returns to Yokohama in the form of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V), which is being held through June 3. Since the Port of Yokohama opened in 1859, which marked the end of Japan&#8217;s isolation during the Edo Period (1603-1867), Yokohama rapidly developed as a major city for international trade. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short excursions for exploring Yokohama&#8217;s waterfront area</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michiru Mekata</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry sailed his fleet of &#8220;Black Ships&#8221; from America and urged Japan to open up, there was much fury and discussion as to which ports should be permitted for use by the foreigners. The original treaty between the two countries suggested the opening of Kanagawa, in addition to Nagasaki in Kyushu [...]]]></description>
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