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The aggressive economic expansion efforts by China and India, among others, come to mind. Japan, however, has been a subtle but effective partner of Africa for the past 50 years. Through its donor arm, the Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA , it has given aid in the form of grants and loans and invested with its own distinct style based on local ownership, peace, governance and human rights. It also works with a wide range of international partners, including the UN, donors and the civil society, coordinating and implementing projects in the field. As an expert on international politics, he has a firm grasp of the issues.

August 28, Japanese French. Over the past three years, Japanese private investment into Africa reached 20 billion US dollars. From companies founded more than a century ago to start-ups, the investors vary to a great degree, and yet they all seek value in Africa. Let me introduce something brand new to you. I make this pledge to you. The Government of Japan will put forth every possible effort so that the power of Japanese private investment of 20 billion dollars in three years should, in the years to come, be surpassed anew from one day to the next.

YOKOHAMA — A three-day conference on African development kicked off Wednesday in Yokohama, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to aggressively promote private-sector investment in Africa in his opening speech but failed to set a new numerical target on funds to be funneled to the continent. However, experts say many Japanese firms still remain reluctant to invest in Africa, which at one time made it almost impossible for Abe to meet his earlier pledge for Japanese investments on the continent. But the goal was met only after the Foreign Ministry recently changed how it measured the investment, from using a net basis to a gross basis, which considerably boosted the total figure. Ministry officials claimed the gross total is more appropriate, because net investment does not include certain funds such as dividends paid by African subsidiaries to the parent company in Japan.

There is a small community of Japanese expatriate people living in or people who were born in South Africa with Japanese ancestry. Most of them live in Johannesburg and other major cities. According to the census, Asians account for 2. While the Indian , Chinese , and Vietnamese South African populations are relatively large, the number of Japanese is small and largely focused in Johannesburg and Cape Town.