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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Uzbekistan in Houston on Tuesday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 24, 2026
Ronaldo double fires Portugal as Ghana thwarts England
Cristiano Ronaldo silenced his critics as he became the first man to score in six different World Cups
An oil refinery under construction on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria. Africa already has the capital needed for development, but without better institutions, investment platforms and regulations, most domestic savings remain trapped in government debt.
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2026
Putting Africa¡¯s savings to work for its people
The task now is to build the architecture that channels Africa¡¯s savings into productive investments.
A gas flare at the Dangote Industries oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in the Ibeju Lekki district of Lagos on March 2. The 650,000 barrel-a-day plant has been ramping up to full capacity since starting operations in 2024.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2026
African economies vulnerable as Gulf conflict chokes flow of fuel shipments
The squeeze is exposing how refinery closures and underinvestment have left much of the continent dependent on a single trade route.
An infant waits to receive a dose of?a malaria vaccine in Kasoa, Ghana, on Nov. 19, 2025.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 2, 2026
New malaria vaccines helped Ghana slash child deaths. Then Trump and others cut aid.
The shots have the potential to drive back a disease that kills nearly half a million young children every year in Africa.
A pastor leads a prayer meeting at a station at the Achimota Forest Prayer Enclave in Accra on Thursday. In Ghana, just over 80 psychiatrists serve a population exceeding 35 million people, according to a government agency under the Ministry of Health. Families often turn instead to forest "prayer camps" and spiritual healers, driven by beliefs that mental illness is rooted in curses, witchcraft or possession.
WORLD / Society
Jan 20, 2026
Unable to access clinical care, Ghana¡¯s mentally ill turn to faith healing
Depression and anxiety have surged in the wake of COVID-19 in Ghana, and authorities say just over 80 psychiatrists serve a population exceeding 35 million people.
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
JAPAN / Society
Aug 18, 2025
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as ¡®hometowns¡¯ for African nations
Officially connecting municipalities that already have existing ties with African countries will allow Japan to strengthen exchanges.
A farmhand prunes trees on a 4-year-old cocoa plantation, replanted after swollen shoot disease, in Enchi, Ghana, on March 4.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 23, 2025
Cocoa crunch isn¡¯t over yet as top growers struggle with supply
Africa¡¯s cocoa heartland has long grappled with blight and aging trees, leaving farms vulnerable as severe weather hammered crops in recent years.
SOCCER
Mar 25, 2025
Partey time for Ghana as World Cup dream draws nearer
The team has 15 points from six games in Group I, five ahead of second-placed Madagascar.
Cocoa beans are pictured next to a warehouse at the village of Atroni, near Sunyani, Ghana, on April 11, 2019.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 25, 2024
How a hedge fund exodus reshaped global cocoa markets?
The impact of hedge funds¡¯ exit illustrates how reliant trading has become on these lightly regulated funds that increasingly shape financial markets.
The surge in spending came as countries across Africa, including Uganda, attempted to introduce legislation targeting LGBTQ+ people.
WORLD / Society
Nov 6, 2024
U.S. anti-LGBTQ+ groups¡¯ spending in Africa soars, report finds
The Institute for Journalism and Social Change found that seventeen American groups spent $5.2 million in 2022, up 47% compared to 2019.
Ebenezer Agyarko tends to his cocoa plantation in Kwabeng, north of Accra, the capital of Ghana.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 22, 2024
Chocolate prices unlikely to decline even as African cocoa harvest improves
Issues that have long hobbled the industry remain, meaning bean prices aren¡¯t likely to fall back to previous levels.
Students can learn faster by using tablets in the classroom. In Malawi, every dollar spent on this type of learning delivers over $100 worth of higher productivity in the long term.
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2024
The policies that deliver the most bang for a government¡¯s buck
Instead of making many grand promises, governments should prioritize smart policies that yield the highest returns, such as tablets in schools.
Sacks of coffee beans at a storage unit in the Sidama region of Ethiopia.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2023
Coffee firms switch sources, evading impact of EU deforestation law
Under the new law, importers of various commodities and products that use them must prove goods did not originate from deforested land.
A vehicle from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, is deployed in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2023
U.N. peacekeeping is an essential multilateral tool for peace
Ghana hosts a U.N. meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday at which international ministers are expected to strengthen their commitment to peacekeeping.
A farmer at his cocoa farm in Gabeadji near San Pedro, Cote d'Ivoire, in January
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 1, 2023
Chocolate could get even pricier if Africa¡¯s cocoa crop flops
Cocoa prices have soared on fears that bad weather and crop disease will hurt output in Cote d¡¯Ivoire and Ghana, which make up two-thirds of world supply.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2023
Kishida fails to gain full support over Ukraine in Africa
Egypt has close ties with Russia that date from the time of the Soviet Union in the Cold War era. About 60% of Egypt¡¯s wheat imports come from Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 10, 2022
African tributes to queen are tempered by Britain¡¯s bloody colonial past
Among a younger generation of Africans growing up in a post-colonial world, some lamented that the queen never faced up to the grim aftermath of colonialism and empire.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 20, 2022
Soaring sanitary pad prices push girls out of school in Africa
The cost of sanitary pads has more than doubled in the last year in Ghana, forcing poorer families to focus on buying food over sanitary products.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 25, 2021
Abraham ¡®Araji¡¯ Oppong: ¡®Chefs with an original style will attract people from all over¡¯
Recruited from a hotel in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, chef Abraham ¡®Araji¡¯ Oppong came to Japan and built a new life in the western region of Kansai.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2021
Cash-strapped Africa overwhelmed by COVID-19 vaccine challenge
Many African countries, already facing a shortage of affordable vaccines, are being stunned by the unprecedented scale of the distribution challenge when doses do arrive.
¡®My dream is broken¡¯: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan¡¯s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to ¡°spend a long time together¡± with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population.?
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex¡¯s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex. ?
Japan¡¯s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to ¡°spend a long time together¡± with her parents.
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Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.

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