Japan takes aid show to Africa, in China's shadow

[WorldNews]

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Japan takes its aid and trade show to Africa on Saturday, opening a huge two-day development conference in Kenya, hoping that quality will trump quantity in the battle for influence against cash-rich China. It will be the first time that the conference, known as TICAD -- the Tokyo International Conference on African Development -- has taken place in Africa, with all five previous events hosted in Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe -- fresh from an appearance as Super Mario at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony -- will use the opportunity to meet with dozens of leaders from across Africa, among them Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and South Africa's Jacob Zuma.

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