Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid
Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid
Japanese inflation data released Friday showed that rice prices last month were a whopping 98 percent higher than a year earlier. AFP looks at the factors behind the sharp increase,