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Japan injects US$7m towards demining activities in Zimbabwe
Japan has contributed a total of US$7 million towards demining activities in Zimbabwe since 2013, reinforcing its long-standing partnership with the country, Japanese Ambassador Shinichi Yamanaka reve...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:39hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Japan commits US$5.1 million Zim climate-resilient agricultural support
Through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Japanese government has last week committed a US$ 5.1 million in its quest to support 37,000 smallholder farmers across five districts within...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 13:26hrs | 257 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Japan gives Zimbabwe US$ 17.4m for road upgrade
Last Friday, Japan and Zimbabwe finalized an agreement for the improvement of the North-South Corridor Phase 2 road.Funded by Japan, the construction between Makuti and Hell's Gate (Mana Pools...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:12hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Japan targets rice production in Zimbabwe
Almost all rice in Zimbabwe is imported, the one grain where local production is trivial, but that could be changing with new varieties and now Japan will be sending experts to Zimbabwe for the joint ...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa dashes to gazette delimitation report
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to gazette this afternoon the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s delimitation report, Zec deputy chairperson Rodney Simukai Kiwa has said.Speaking a...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to publish ZEC's final delimitation report on Monday
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will publish the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s final delimitation report on Monday, the elections body said.ZEC deputy chairperson Simukai Kiwa made the di...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 19:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa gazettes ZEC final Delimitation Report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gazetted the Final Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Report that was handed to him by the Commission Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba earlier this month. ...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 16:48hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Japan extends US$700,000 grant to Zimbabwe
THE government of Japan is set to extend a US$700 000 grant to Zimbabwe for the detailed design component phase two of the steep section on the North-South Corridor between Makuti and Hell's Gate....Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets 5th dan karate black belt
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa was yesterday honoured with a 5th dan karate black belt as part of a recognition of his contribution to the country's sport.His footprint in sport has seen more resource al...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets off to Japan
President Mnangagwa last night left for the Tokyo International Cooperation on African Development (TICAD) Summit where he said he will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Naruhito to ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
North-South Corridor road rehab begins
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has officially launched the commencement of works on the first 6,5km of a 21km stretch along Makuti-Chirundu Road linking the country to Sadc, Comesa and East African states. ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet Shinzo Abe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will this week meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), a major engagement set to unl...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets Japan for investment
Zimbabwe is targeting the forthcoming Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) as part of the "open for business" drive to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) needed t...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to audit NGOs
GOVERNMENT is set to audit all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Mashonaland East province to ostensibly expose and flush out groups that were not doing projects that benefit communit...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Anti-poaching boost for Zimbabwe as Japan partners Zimparks
Japan has partnered the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority in its quest to curb the illegal killing if elephants.In a move that has been recommended by Convention on Internationa...Published: 21 May 2018 at 17:10hrs | 2 | by Simiso Mlevu
Potraz declares war on cyber criminals
Criminals abusing cyberspace should be fished out and exposed for people to feel safe in using the Internet productively, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe Director-Genera...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'When you're expelled from Zanu-PF beg for forgiveness'
The Minister of State for Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Webster Shamu, who was recently readmitted into Zanu-PF and subsequently appointed a minister, says suspended or expelled party members sh...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Development is in Zanu-PF DNA,' claims Shamu
Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs minister Webster Shamu has blasted non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that were distancing themselves from Zanu-PF in their activities within marginalised commun...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's foreign trips fruitful?
President Mugabe's foreign trips have been fruitful as evidenced by investments that follow after the trips, contrary to the aspersions of critics who claim that the trips are a waste of State resourc...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japanese Ambassador meets Gwanda TC
The Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Minae Takahashi recently paid a visit to Gwanda Town Council and held a meeting with the mayor and his councillors.The Ambassador had a delegation of four ...Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe commissions a new borehole
The First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe who is patron of Danhiko Annual Paralympic Games has commissioned a new borehole and a 38 seater bus at the Danhiko premises in Msasa.The borehole was donate...Published: 03 Oct 2016 at 17:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to import small US$ denominations
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will import, largely, low dollar denominations to curb the incessant large scale outflow of US dollars. This comes as the central bank is working on introducing bo...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe commissions passport centre
President Mugabe yesterday commissioned a state-of-the-art passport production centre at KGVI which prints 16 000 booklets daily. This development will eliminate the long queues that characterised the...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 08:36hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Child abuse cases on the rise in Zimbabwe
MORE than 12 000 child abuse cases were recorded last year alone and Government will continue making strides in strengthening child protection systems in the country, an official has said.Dire...Published: 19 Mar 2016 at 07:33hrs | 3 | by Masline Mavudzi
Japan invites Mugabe
A special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Shinzo Abe, held talks with President Robert Mugabe at State House in Harare this Monday afternoon.The special envoy, Mr Masaharu Kohno, accompan...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 21:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No school should be operating from pole and mud structures says govt
THE government has said in the next five years no school should be operating from pole and mud structures as this compromises the quality of education.The Deputy Minister of Primary and Second...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
Minister Mathema blast stone-age black farmers
MATABELELAND North Provincial Affairs minister Cain Mathema has admitted that new black farmers are struggling to match the high standards set by white former commercial farmers.Mathema said m...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Plan Internationa, Japanese Embassy to officially open Malanda Secondary
Plan International, a child rights organization operating in 51 developing countries being funded by the Japanese Embassy has constructed some infrastructure at the Malanda Secondary School in T...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 11:23hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Japanese govt donates gymnasium and exercise equipment worth $75 473 to Hillside College
THE Japanese Ambassador Yoshi Tendai Hiraishi has donated gymnasium and exercise equipment worth $75 473 to Hillside Teachers' College in Bulawayo.An Embassy official Christopher Mukuvaza said...Published: 16 Nov 2015 at 06:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Japanese Government donates $1m to Tokwe Mukosi floods victims
The Japanese Government is expected to hand over $1 million in support of women and children displaced by the Tokwe Mukosi floods.The ceremony is set to Wednesday in Harare and Min...Published: 22 Sep 2015 at 11:40hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Mugabe flies out to Southeast Asia
President Robert Mugabe has left for Sendai, Japan to attend the third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.The meeting will run from the 14th to the 18th of this month.Pres...Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimAsset can not be funded in its current form, says Japanese envoy
HARARE - Zimbabwe's economic blueprint, ZimAsset, cannot be funded in its current form and needs to be reviewed to make it practical, Japanese ambassador Yoshi "Tendai" Hiraishi says.In an int...Published: 30 Nov 2014 at 12:24hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe needs 2 500 new schools
THE country needs about 2 500 new schools to adequately cover the shortage and give a wholesome improvement to the learning environment, Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Professor Pa...Published: 22 Jun 2014 at 11:41hrs | | by Ngonidzashe Chiutsi
Ambassador defends ex-Japanese cars
JAPANESE ambassador to Zimbabwe Yoshinobu Hiraishi has defended second-hand car imports from his country saying they were safe and reliable, rejecting reports that they had contributed to the country...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe back home from Japan
President Robert Mugabe is back home from Japan via Singapore, where he attended the 5th Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD) which ended on Monday.Mugabe who w...Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 10:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Japanese Ambassador commissions classroom block at King George VI centre
The Government of Japan has today handed over a classroom block with 5 classrooms for deaf students, learning desks and chairs for students, desks for teachers and a toilet block with 8 toilets which...Published: 22 Mar 2013 at 14:04hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Japan to hand over a classroom block at King George VI Centre
The Japanese Ambassador will be handing over a classroom block with 5 classrooms for deaf students, 60 sets of learning desks and chairs for students, and 2 desks for teachers and a toilet block with ...Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japan businesspeople interested in NRZ
THE Japanese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Yonezo Fukuda, has said that business people in his country have expressed interest in rehabilitating the cash-strapped National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) in a ...Published: 07 Mar 2013 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japanese Ambassador opens the Midlands Youth Training Centre
At a ceremony held in Mkoba, Gweru, today, the Ambassador of Japan to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Mr Yonezo Fukuda, officially opened the Midlands Youth Training Centre.The construction of the Centre was...Published: 30 Sep 2012 at 05:33hrs | | by Amos Masango
Mugabe receives new envoys
President Robert Mugabe received credentials from four new ambassadors who will represent their countries in Zimbabwe.The ambassadors are from Egypt, Japan, Canada and Angola.The new E...Published: 21 Dec 2011 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japan pledges to support Zim agric sector
JAPAN has edged to support Zimbabwe's agricultural sector by resuscitating dysfunctional irrigation projects.Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Koichi Morita told Acting President Jo...Published: 23 Sep 2011 at 15:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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