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Japan PM Shinzo Abe eyes African business ties | Japan PM Shinzo Abe eyes African business ties |
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Japan should increase its business links with the fast-growing economies in Africa, "the continent that carries the hopes of the world", Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said. | Japan should increase its business links with the fast-growing economies in Africa, "the continent that carries the hopes of the world", Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said. |
Speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa at the end of his first tour of the continent, he also pledged to increase aid and investment. | Speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa at the end of his first tour of the continent, he also pledged to increase aid and investment. |
Mr Abe said he would increase support for peacekeeping in South Sudan. | Mr Abe said he would increase support for peacekeeping in South Sudan. |
His visit is seen as an attempt to rival China's huge influence in Africa. | His visit is seen as an attempt to rival China's huge influence in Africa. |
Mr Abe said Japan's priorities would be the continent's young people and women. | Mr Abe said Japan's priorities would be the continent's young people and women. |
"We will centre the axis of Japan's diplomacy toward Africa on two groups: Young people, who will without a doubt shoulder the responsibility for the future Africa, and women, who will give life to Africa's future generations." | "We will centre the axis of Japan's diplomacy toward Africa on two groups: Young people, who will without a doubt shoulder the responsibility for the future Africa, and women, who will give life to Africa's future generations." |
For Africa's women, Prime Minister Abe said that he wanted to provide educational and training opportunities, and to increase school admission rates for girls. | |
"'Abenomics' will not succeed without 'womenomics'," the prime minister added, in a reference to economic reforms he has introduced in Japan. | |
As part of the deal, he pledged an aid package of $320m (£190m) for the region, including $3m (£1.8m) and humanitarian assistance to support the peace mission in the Central African Republic. | |
He also announced assistance worth $25m (£15m) to tackle the crisis in South Sudan, where recent fighting has left more than 1,000 people dead. | |
Japan currently has some 400 troops deployed to the region as part of the UN peacekeeping force. | Japan currently has some 400 troops deployed to the region as part of the UN peacekeeping force. |
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