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MOZAMBIQUE

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2023
Kishida fails to gain full support over Ukraine in Africa
Egypt has close ties with Russia that date from the time of the Soviet Union in the Cold War era. About 60% of Egypt's wheat imports come from Russia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2023
Japan vows to help Mozambique fight terrorism
Mozambique's gas-rich northernmost province, Cabo Delgado, is struggling with an insurgency waged by militants linked to the Islamic State group.
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WORLD
Mar 27, 2023
Cyclone Freddy record claim in the eye of the storm
Freddy's journey will be reviewed in minute detail to verify whether its deadly track counts as the longest-lasting tropical storm, the world extreme weather records chief said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2023
Survivors in shock as Cyclone Freddy toll passes 400 in Malawi and Mozambique
The storm has now dissipated, but heavy rains are expected to continue in parts of Malawi and will likely cause more floods around lakeshore areas.
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WORLD
Jan 30, 2021
Storm damage worsens in a warming world, hiking pressure to adapt
Research group Germanwatch's 2019 index showed that Mozambique and Zimbabwe were the two countries hardest-hit by extreme weather.
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BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2020
Japan joins $14.4 billion syndicated loan for LNG project in Africa's Mozambique
The project is meant to reduce Japan's heavy reliance on the Middle East for LNG supply.
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WORLD
Jan 2, 2020
Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger
A tragic airline crash with far-reaching consequences, cataclysmic cyclones that may be a harbinger of the future, the death of an African icon and a new leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize. These African stories captured the world's attention in 2019 — and look to influence events on the continent in 2020.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 25, 2019
Another cyclone poised to hit Mozambique on Thursday
Another tropical cyclone is expected to make landfall on Mozambique's coast on Thursday, just over a month after a more powerful storm struck the Mozambican port city of Beira farther south and killed hundreds of people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2019
Mozambique cyclone death toll doubles as flood waters rise
Mozambique's death toll from flooding in the wake of Cyclone Idai more than doubled as relief workers struggled to deal with the devastation wrought by the storm.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 19, 2019
'Full horror' of cyclone in southeast Africa yet to emerge: Red Cross
Cyclone winds and floods that swept across southeastern Africa affected more than 2.6 million people and could rank as one of the worst weather-related disaster recorded in the southern hemisphere, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 15, 2017
Japan, Mozambique leaders jointly condemn N. Korea missile launches
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi jointly condemned North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches in a meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday, according to a joint statement released after the talks.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2016
Prize for 'outstanding African leadership' again finds no winner
Organizers of a $5 million prize for former African leaders that aims to shine a spotlight on democracy and outstanding leadership has again failed to find a winner after no one met the criteria.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2016
Aircraft debris found on beach inspected for ties to MH370
A piece of apparent aircraft debris found on a beach in Mozambique could have drifted from the likely crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australia's government said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2014
Japan pledges ¥70 billion in ODA to Mozambique
Japan will provide ¥70 billion in official development assistance to Mozambique over five years for a transport corridor project, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Jun 30, 2013
Japan cagers hold off visiting squads
The Japan and women's national basketball teams recorded victories for the second time in as many days, leaving Sendai's Xebio Arena on Saturday with momentum.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 29, 2013
Japan men, women triumph in basketball exhibition series openers
Atsuya Ota, a Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix center, scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Japan men's national basketball team defeated the Philippines 86-67 on Friday at Xebio Arena in Sendai.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 5, 2013
Concern mounts over agricultural aid in Mozambique
While Japan advocated investment and private sector-led growth in Africa at the big aid conference this weekend, concern mounted among citizens' groups that an agriculture project in Mozambique that Tokyo is pushing as one of its key projects in Africa, may end up depriving local farmers of their land.
JAPAN
May 31, 2013
Mozambique farmers seek halt to aid project
Farmers in Mozambique are calling on the governments of Japan, Brazil and Mozambique to halt a project aimed at supporting agricultural development there, saying it will result in land grabs.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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