OSAKA -- Anthony Monda has been living here for six years and he cannot help but wonder at how little Japanese people know about Africa.

In the Internet era, Japanese people's knowledge of Africa remains either biased or very stereotyped, said the 30-year-old Kenyan, who finished his doctorate in structural engineering at Kinki University in April.

Japanese people, according to Monda, typically see Africa as one big vast land of black people, an assortment of wild animals and hot weather.