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AFRICA

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2015
India playing catch-up to China in Africa
India is scrambing to catch up with China in the competition for African markets and resources.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Oct 1, 2015
Neither here nor there: Stretched between Nigeria and Japan, family ties fray
This is the last of a two-part series on Japanese-Nigerian families torn between Asia and Africa. The first part can be found here.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 23, 2015
Neither here nor there: the families torn between Nigeria and Japan
Caught between instability in Nigeria and isolation in Japan, African immigrants fear the loss of their children's love.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2015
In Africa, good fences make for safe species
An innovative conservation project in Kenya using electric fences is both protecting endangered species from poachers and agricultural crops from foraging animals.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 19, 2015
Germany feels migrant strain, forecasts 750,000 will seek asylum this year
The German government will sharply raise its forecast for the number of asylum seekers expected to arrive this year to a record-breaking 750,000, coalition sources said on Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2015
Burundi totters again
How much more damage will Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza inflict on his long-suffering nation?
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2015
Mediterranean boat people are refugees, not migrants
People fleeing to Europe to escape violence in the Africa and the Middle East should be viewed as refugees, not migrants.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2015
The unstoppable human tide
Europe and the rest of the world needs to step up to the plate and deal with the humanitarian crisis over the tide of migrants sweeping across the Mediterranean.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 22, 2015
In show of unity, Renzi, Hollande dismiss claims of tensions over migrant crisis
Italy's prime minister and France's president put on a show of unity on Sunday, dismissing suggestions of tensions between their countries over handling the waves of migrants landing on Southern Europe's shores.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2015
DNA analysis of tusks, dung pinpoints Africa poaching hot spots
A DNA analysis of elephant tusks seized from poachers has revealed two main hotspots for the crime in Africa, a finding that could point law enforcement in the direction of the top criminal networks, a study showed.
SOCCER
Jun 4, 2015
Feds probing how FIFA favored World Cup host bids by Russia, Qatar
The FBI's investigation of soccer governing body FIFA includes scrutiny of how the organization awarded the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 competition to Qatar, a U.S. law enforcement official said on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2015
EU policy takes deadly toll on migrants
The EU's decision late last year to end search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea is taking a deadly toll on would-be migrants from Africa.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2015
Study finds gorilla origins in half of human AIDS virus lineages
Revealing new details about the origins of AIDS, scientists said on Monday half the lineages of the main type of human immunodeficiency virus, HIV-1, originated in gorillas in Cameroon before infecting people, probably via bushmeat hunting.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 24, 2015
Ebola drug developed in Japan 'halved mortality rates' in some Guinea patients
A relatively cheap drug from a subsidiary of Fujifilm being tested against Ebola in Guinea has halved mortality rates in some patients.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2015
Aid agencies see many more migrant deaths in Mediterranean amid curtailed patrols
Inadequate naval patrolling means ever more migrants from Africa and the Middle East will die trying to cross the Mediterranean, aid agencies warned on Tuesday, as Italy appealed for a "more vigorous" European response to tackle the crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2015
Ebola cases on the rise for first time this year, WHO says
The number of new cases of Ebola rose in all three of West Africa's worst-hit countries last week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, ending several weeks of encouraging declines across the region.
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2015
Chocolate shortage spurs call to revive cocoa farming in Amazon basin
With chocolate prices surging, a former Credit Suisse Group AG banker wants to help revive cocoa farming in the Amazon basin, where the beans are thought to have evolved about 15,000 years ago.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 2, 2014
HIV may evolve to cause AIDS less frequently
HIV may be evolving to become less aggressive, suggesting that one day it may infect humans without causing AIDS.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 24, 2014
Long-term African expats and new migrants alike face growing 'integration gap' in Japan
With dysfunctional Japanese immigration policies having led to a sharp increase in incarceration rates among African immigrants, a growing number have given up on integration in favor of living a double life: married with children in both Japan and Africa.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 24, 2014
Celebrity song to aid fight against Africa Ebola crisis tops U.K. charts
Band Aid 30's reworked version of "Do They Know it's Christmas," a song intended to raise money to fight the spread of Ebola in Africa, went straight to the top of Britain's single charts on Sunday, the Official Charts Company said.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
Path clears for Takaichi to become PM as LDP and JIP agree to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (right) reaches out to shake hands with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing a coalition deal Monday evening in Tokyo.
EV battery race heats up among Japanese automakers
Japanese EV production is focusing on batteries as automakers compete for the lightest, most durable models and the longest driving range.
LDP and Nippon Ishin no Kai to form coalition government, report says
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai have agreed to form a coalition, paving the way for the country's first female prime minister, Kyodo reports.
Suntory and Sapporo to halt gift beer sales after cyberattack against Asahi
Suntory will gradually suspend the sale of 13 beer sets for winter gifts, including a set of Chinese zodiac-themed cans of The Premium Malt's.
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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