Japan needs to do more to help curb poaching and illicit ivory trade in Africa, conservationists have said. Speaking during the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) stakeholders’ meeting in Nairobi NAIROBI. — Trade, not aid, should drive Japan-Africa relations, Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has stated. While showing appreciation for Japan’s generosity in standing behind Africa at a time other partners suffered from aid fatigue, the Inside Story - Is China exploiting Africa? The goal of the conference, organised jointly by the United Nations, the African Union, the World Bank and Japan, is to boost trade and aid to Africa, with Japan hoping to increase its influence in the continent. Countries in Asia such as the Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan have Bitcoin payment service providers, exchanges, and applications which enable simplified low-cost trading of Bitcoin. Japan, however, has a very limited range of services and products the government-backed Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to acquire a 4.88% stake in Russia’s state-owned power utility RusHydro. The move is hoped to expand AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 1,000 news and information items daily from over 140 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar .
"There must have been at least a hundred-plus participants from across governments, Japanese trading companies, Japanese manufacturing companies, banks so very good representation of Japan Inc," he said. "There is a lot of genuine interest." The LEAP CANBERRA: Australia has finally been cleared to resume live cattle exports to Japan after a three-month ban was lifted today. Japan temporarily suspended live cattle imports from Australia in May, after a consignment of dairy cattle from Melbourne tested There was a tentative indication that the Japanese economy may be on the verge of a slight recovery from its early 2016 downswing, as manufacturing production gained for the first time in half a year. LONDON, ENGLAND, August 26, 2016 /24-7PressRelease AUSTRALIA - Japanese authorities announced last week the reopening of the $14.6 million trade in feeder and breeder cattle from Australia, following agreement on improved export certification processes for all consignments. In May 2016, Japan suspended .