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Ex-PM Kishida Vows Job Training for Africa, Plus Japan’s Support for a Permanent African Seat on the U.N. Security Council

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

16:15 JST, August 21, 2025

Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday announced plans to provide job training to 300,000 people in Africa over the next three years in the fields of industrial development, healthcare, agriculture and artificial intelligence to promote the continent’s economic growth.

The plan was announced during a speech that Kishida made on the second day of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama. Kishida is an acting cochair of the event.

“We will maximize the potential of young human resources, which is Africa’s greatest strength,” Kishida said at a plenary session, showing Japan’s intention to promote........

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