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Mugabe meets Japanese corporates
29 Mar 2016 at 20:04hrs | Views
Several Japanese corporates executives today met President Robert Mugabe in Tokyo inquiring how best they can do business in Zimbabwe and Africa.
With the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) coming to Kenya in August this year, the business people said this is the time Japan moves to invest in the resource rich Africa.
Mugabe met leaders of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETHRO), NEC Corporation, TICAD and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) who were happy to exchange notes with the Zimbabwean leader.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said President Mugabe's visit to Japan has achieved its intended goals.
Japan had scaled down cooperation with Zimbabwe following the Southern African country's bilateral dispute with Britain which cascaded to all nations with close ties with Britain and the USA.
But things began to change in 2015 as many western nations began warming up to Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, President Mugabe told Japanese journalists that he will contest the 2018 harmonised elections and his ruling Zanu PF party has already nominated him.
Addressing the media at his Akasaka Guest House in central Tokyo, Mugabe reiterated the criteria used in Zimbabwe for succession.
He also spoke on local and global issues, underscoring Zimbabwe's quest to be friendly to all countries.
Zimbabwe is friendly to all those who are friendly to us. We have witnessed corporation between Zimbabwe and Japan, Zimbabwe and China relations, reaching greater heights, but some countries have decided to vilify us for claiming our God-given resources. There is nothing we can do about them," President Mugabe said. Earlier, President Mugabe visited Japan's highest organ of state, the Diet, where he was a guest of honour.
President first met the Speaker of the House of Councillors, Mr Masaaki Yamazaki who took him around the building, which houses both the lower (House of Representatives) and Upper (House of Councillors).
Mugabe also met Mr Tadamori Oshima, leader of the house of representatives, who was delighted to meet the iconic Zimbabwean leader.
There are 242 councillors and 475 representatives in the houses and the party with the largest number in the house of representatives chooses the Prime Minister.
Tomorrow, Mugabe is expected to visit Kyoto, the cultural capital of Japan where he will visit the Imperial Palace and meet Kyoto Chamber of Commerce officials before having a dinner hosted for him by the Kyoto Preferential Government.
With the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) coming to Kenya in August this year, the business people said this is the time Japan moves to invest in the resource rich Africa.
Mugabe met leaders of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETHRO), NEC Corporation, TICAD and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) who were happy to exchange notes with the Zimbabwean leader.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said President Mugabe's visit to Japan has achieved its intended goals.
Japan had scaled down cooperation with Zimbabwe following the Southern African country's bilateral dispute with Britain which cascaded to all nations with close ties with Britain and the USA.
But things began to change in 2015 as many western nations began warming up to Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, President Mugabe told Japanese journalists that he will contest the 2018 harmonised elections and his ruling Zanu PF party has already nominated him.
Addressing the media at his Akasaka Guest House in central Tokyo, Mugabe reiterated the criteria used in Zimbabwe for succession.
He also spoke on local and global issues, underscoring Zimbabwe's quest to be friendly to all countries.
Zimbabwe is friendly to all those who are friendly to us. We have witnessed corporation between Zimbabwe and Japan, Zimbabwe and China relations, reaching greater heights, but some countries have decided to vilify us for claiming our God-given resources. There is nothing we can do about them," President Mugabe said. Earlier, President Mugabe visited Japan's highest organ of state, the Diet, where he was a guest of honour.
President first met the Speaker of the House of Councillors, Mr Masaaki Yamazaki who took him around the building, which houses both the lower (House of Representatives) and Upper (House of Councillors).
Mugabe also met Mr Tadamori Oshima, leader of the house of representatives, who was delighted to meet the iconic Zimbabwean leader.
There are 242 councillors and 475 representatives in the houses and the party with the largest number in the house of representatives chooses the Prime Minister.
Tomorrow, Mugabe is expected to visit Kyoto, the cultural capital of Japan where he will visit the Imperial Palace and meet Kyoto Chamber of Commerce officials before having a dinner hosted for him by the Kyoto Preferential Government.
Source - zbc
