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© 2019 AFPWith eye on China, Japan urges 'affordable' Africa investment
By Toshifumi Kitamura YOKOHAMA©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Cricky
Does he mean like spending ¥5.32m on weapons? Couldn't he just tell them about Premiun Fridays and the 3 arrows?
Cogito Ergo Sum
Well , Africa has nothing to lose. If the deals are open and agreeable. China or Japan, - do a good deal, a good job and the recipients will decide who does it best
drlucifer
Showing ethusiasm at a conference hosted on home soil and really venturing out are two different things.
Japanese electronic companies are too contented with the domestic market and not even interested in the international market let alone the African market, the Japanese mindset is that Africa is too far, poor. dangerous, disease ridden and not worth the trouble. It is a lost battle there is no way Japan can unseat China in Africa, I wish they could.
Ganbare Japan!
Japan is not involved in Africa to make profits. It is there to help raise all these poor people out of extreme poverty. For PRC, its all about making money and robbing their mineral resourses. Japan will not saddle the Africans with huge debt.
It would be great if major Japanese corporations followed the Abe Cabinets advice. For example Toyota could start manufacturing more autos in Africa (they already manufacture some cars in South Africa) thus providing jobs and a way out of poverty.
Jimizo
Says who?
Alex80
Everyone is in Africa for profits. But it's also time to treat Africans as adult people, not like "children" that must be protected at all cost according to the fake European propaganda. At least both Chinese and Japanese treat African Countries like business partners, not like retards. Europeans think deporting millions of African men is "solidarity". And Africans must wake up. They are men and women like all the others. Work to improve your continent, that is rich of resources. Use your brain and accept the best opportunities. If your leaders are corrupt, protest and try to choose better leaders. Period.
Alex80
@Cogito Ergo Sum: exactly. Your average fake European "left winger" would say "Oh no! Chinese and Japanese, stop exploiting little poor innocent naive cute whatever African people". And then they call the others "racist". They speak about Africans like they were puppies.
drlucifer
Delusion grandeur.
Toasted Heretic
It's purely philanthropic? Forgive my cynicism but I'd prefer some proof on this.
Jessie Lee
Ganbare Japan!Today 05:44 pm JST
Japan is not involved in Africa to make profits."
Correct. It is there for geopolitical strategic reasons. Teaching moment over.
Spitfire
Ganbare,
You should be more interested in the Ashes that Japan's involvement in Africa which has come about 30 years too late.
juminRhee
Drlucifer:
"Japanese electronic companies are too contented with the domestic market..."
Didn't know the Japanese companies such as Sony considered US as domestic.
drlucifer
I am talking of consumer electronics. Sony is not your typical consumer electronics maker like Panasonic, hitachi or toshiba.
pacificwest
drlucifer
I don't know, the Hitachi Magic Wand has brought relief to half the world.
ifd66
Joining the Chinese in the rush for the earth's last remaining land grab, and minerals.
Mister X
Exactly further impovering the African people in the process.
Shame on you LDP shame on you...
B. Jay
Africans want win - win investment in quality infrastructure and don't care where it comes from, Japan or China.
Already Japan is losing out to China that's why they are throwing all these subtle jabs. What the Japanese government can do is to encourage the private sector here, Japan's big multi nationals to invest in Africa.