Tag: Japan
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🇯🇵Anti-Immigration Uproar Forces Japan to End Africa Exchange Plan
Japan has scrapped a plan to promote cultural exchanges between regional cities and four African countries, after misinterpretations and disinformation sparked fears it would open the doors to mass immigration. The reversal came amid heightened focus on foreigners in Japan, just two months after a surge of support for anti-immigration party Sanseito in Japan’s upper…
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🇲🇽🇯🇵🇮🇳 Global Postal Services Halt Shipments to the U.S. After U.S. Ends “De Minimis” Duty Exemption
Monrovia, 29 August 2025 — In a sweeping change that is reshaping global e-commerce and postal logistics, the United States government has officially eliminated the longstanding “de minimis” exemption, which allowed small-value packages—generally under USD 800—to enter the U.S. duty-free. Originating in 1938 and expanded in recent years, this exemption has facilitated the unhindered flow…
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🇯🇵 Japan-Africa Cultural Exchange Sparks Domestic Uproar in Tokyo
A cultural initiative meant to foster friendship and cooperation between Japan and Africa has unexpectedly ignited fierce debate at home. What began as a symbolic program has now escalated into a flashpoint for deeper social anxieties in Japan. Earlier this year, Tokyo introduced a “hometown partnership” program with four African nations. The project was designed…
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Naomi Osaka condemns Latvian Jelena Ostapenko over heated US Open row with Taylor Townsend
Japan’s Naomi Osaka said using words like “no education” and “no class” to criticise a Black tennis player were among the worst things to say as the debate over a heated row between Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko raged on at the US Open on Thursday (US time). Townsend, who is Black, overcame 2017 French…
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Japan unveils $5.5B plan, AI training to boost Africa ties
At the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba launched a bold push to deepen ties with Africa by proposing a new “Indian Ocean–Africa economic zone,” aimed at linking economies across the Indian Ocean—including India and the Middle East—with African nations. Tokyo pledged $5.5 billion in loans, arranged…
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🇯🇵Where Did All the Rice Go? Japan’s Vanishing Harvest and the Importance of African Rice Production
Rice has long been the lifeblood of Japan’s culinary and cultural identity. Yet, in the past two years, the country has faced a crisis unlike any before. A perfect storm of climate change-driven heat waves, unseasonal rains, earthquakes, and inflation has battered Japan’s rice production, leading to a sharp decline in harvests. As panic buying…
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LATEST: Sony’s Ethereum layer-2 project, Soneium, is set to launch a Japanese Yen stablecoin in partnership with Sony Bank.
Sony Makes a Yen for Blockchain: Tech Giant to Launch Japanese Yen Stablecoin Panafrican.email – September 13, 2024 In a move that could significantly impact the global cryptocurrency landscape, Sony is making a big splash in the world of blockchain. Their Ethereum layer-2 project, Soneium, is partnering with Sony Bank to launch a stablecoin pegged…
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Agile Energy X: Leveraging Solar Power for $2.5 Billion in Bitcoin Mining Annually
Japan-based company Agile Energy X is making waves in the cryptocurrency world with its ambitious plan to utilize solar power for Bitcoin mining. The company aims to generate up to $2.5 billion annually through this innovative approach, combining the renewable energy sector with blockchain technology. With the rise of environmental concerns surrounding Bitcoin mining, Agile…
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Japan issues advisory over possible Nankai Trough earthquake
Government sees ‘relatively higher’ chance after 7.1-magnitude temblor off Kyushu TOKYO — Japan on Thursday said the possibility of a huge earthquake over a wide swath of central and western parts of the country has increased relative to normal conditions following a magnitude 7.1 temblor off Miyazaki prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu earlier in…
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Militarization going full throttle: what’s behind the Pentagon’s Japan command upgrade?
The Pentagon has announced it will upgrade its command in Japan, providing it with more warfighting responsibilities, following the US-Japan security meeting that took place in Tokyo on July 28. The gathering named Russia, China and North Korea as “security challenges”, prompting a rebuke from China that warned Japan and US against “creating imaginary enemies”.…
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