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NAIROBI

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2022
Long road ahead to hammer out U.N. biodiversity blueprint
The meetings were aimed at ironing out differences among the delegates, with barely six months before a crucial COP15 summit in December.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2021
Vending machines bring safe and cheap water to Nairobi slums
The dispensers, each costing 200,000 shillings, mean Mukuru residents will no longer be at the mercy of the slum's informal, exploitative water market.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 12, 2019
Kenya hosts global sexual health summit amid protests from Catholics and pro-life groups
The United Nations and Kenyan government on Monday came under fire on the eve a global conference on sexual and reproductive health with Christian groups claiming hosting the event was promoting abortion and homosexuality in the East African nation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2019
After Westgate debacle, quick end to latest Kenyan attack shows progress in counterterror planning
The relatively swift end to an attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex highlights improvements in Kenya's counterterrorism capabilities since Somali militants overran a shopping mall in the same neighborhood five years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 29, 2016
As conference wraps up, Japan, African leaders vow to fight terrorism, stress rules-based maritime order
Japanese and African leaders pledged to fight terrorism and emphasized the importance of rules-based maritime order as they wrapped up a Japan-led international conference on the continent's development.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2016
Abe dangles $30 billion at Africa leaders in Nairobi in counter to China
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pledge Saturday to invest $30 billion to boost African growth and infrastructure over the next three years comes as he seeks to win over national leaders already being wooed by China and the U.S.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 9, 2016
With TICAD, Japan pursues African growth and export markets
Global powers China, the United States and the European Union are fiercely competing to expand their market share in Africa — the world's last major economic frontier.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2016
Kenyan rescuers race to free woman trapped in rubble of collapsed building
Rescue workers on Thursday were racing to dig out a woman found alive under the rubble of a building in Kenya's capital that collapsed six days earlier, a senior official said.
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2015
WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha
At a ministerial conference in Nairobi where rich and poor countries were split over trade reform, the World Trade Organization reaches deals on agricultural export subsidies and food aid.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2014
Architect building 'infrastructure-free' homes for poor Kenyans
A Japanese architect is promoting construction of "infrastructure-free" homes for people in a Nairobi slum.
WORLD
Sep 23, 2014
Shots fired at Nairobi mall rattle Kenyans a year after Westgate massacre
Guards fired shots in the air after a driver lost control of his vehicle at a Nairobi mall on Monday when he suffered a seizure, the mall reported, rattling Kenyans still nervous a year after Islamist gunmen attacked another shopping center.
WORLD
Sep 15, 2014
Uganda seizes explosives, suicide vests from suspected al-Shabaab cell
Police in Kampala seized "substantial amounts of explosives" and suicide vests in raids on a suspected al-Shabaab cell that was planning an imminent attack, a Ugandan official said in an interview on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2013
Unsung heroes emerge in stories of Kenyan mall attack
A little after half-past midday on a sunny Saturday a disturbing call came through to Mark and John at the Nairobi offices of the oil company for which they work.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 6, 2013
Navy SEALs target top Somali terrorist leader
U.S. Navy SEALs raid the Somali home of a leader in the terrorist group al-Shabab but fail to catch him.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 26, 2013
Warlord behind Kenya attack has global ambitions
The alleged Somali mastermind of the assault on a posh mall that killed scores and jolted Kenya is a man of contradictions.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2013
Al-Shabab nimbler under new leader
The attack that killed 69 people in a Kenyan shopping mall over the weekend was the first regional operation undertaken by the new leadership of Somalia's al-Shabab militants following a bloody power struggle.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2013
Americans, Briton 'among Nairobi mall attackers'
Kenya's foreign minister says 'two or three Americans' and 'one Brit' were among the al-Qaida-linked militants who took part in the deadly terrorist attack on an upscale Nairobi shopping mall.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
North Korean animators may be involved in Japan anime production, report says
North Korean animators may be involved in the production of some Japanese and U.S. animated shows, according to a report by a website providing analysis on North Korea.
BOJ to hold rates with focus on hawkish signals to buoy yen
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda hasn’t ruled out responding to exchange rates with a policy move if the impact on prices is seen to be "non-negligible.”
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

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