Fostering Tunisian-Japanese cooperation was the focus of a meeting held Friday between Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zanzari and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Yokohama, on the sidelines of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9).

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and South Korea on Saturday agreed to steadily and significantly build bilateral ties based on the "foundation" laid since their 1965 normalization.

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian Ocean to Africa as the country seeks to play a greater role in the African continent while America's presence there decreases and China's influence rapidly grows.

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its WWII surrender with PM Shigeru Ishiba expressing "remorse" for the first time since 2013. About 4,500 officials and families observed a moment of silence.View