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[Breaking News]Japan gov't-backed agency scraps Africa "hometown" program

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2025, unveiling the government-backed aid agency's decision to scrap its "hometown" program after designated cities were inundated with protest calls and emails amid claims it would encourage immigration from Africa. (Kyodo)

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Japan gov't-backed agency scraps Africa "hometown" program

Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2025, unveiling the government-backed aid agency's decision to scrap its "hometown" program after designated cities were inundated with protest calls and emails amid claims it would encourage immigration from Africa.

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Japan gov't-backed agency scraps Africa "hometown" program

Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2025, unveiling the government-backed aid agency's decision to scrap its "hometown" program after designated cities were inundated with protest calls and emails amid claims it would encourage immigration from Africa.

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TICAD in Yokohama

Akihiko Tanaka (L), president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, speaks during a public-private dialogue session in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development on Aug. 21, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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TICAD in Yokohama

Akihiko Tanaka, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, speaks during a public-private dialogue session in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development on Aug. 21, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, and Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, and Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, and Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Dai-ichi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Takeo Uchibori, Senior Managing Director of Gunma Bank, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group, and Ken Shibata, Senior Managing Director of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with Japanese astronauts Akihiko Hoshide and Satoshi Furukawa at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with Japanese astronauts Satoshi Furukawa and Akihiko Hoshide at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C), Japanese astronauts Satoshi Furukawa (L) and Akihiko Hoshide pose for a photo during their meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C), Japanese astronauts Satoshi Furukawa (L) and Akihiko Hoshide pose for a photo during their meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Daiwa Securities Group CEO Ogino

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. President and CEO Akihiko Ogino talks about the company's business strategy in Tokyo on May 20, 2024.

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Capital and Business Alliance between Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Co.

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI formed a capital and business alliance in the field of asset management. Photo shows (from left) Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, Mr. Kunio Tanigaki, President of Japan Post Insurance, Mr. Mikita Komatsu, President of Daiwa Asset Management, and Mr. Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Form Capital and Business Alliance in Asset Management

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI form capital and business alliance in the asset management field. Pictured from left to right are Kunio Tanigaki, President of JPI, Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Mikita Komatsu, President of Daiwa Asset Management Co. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Capital and Business Alliance between Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Co.

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI formed a capital and business alliance in the field of asset management. Pictured from left to right are Kunio Tanigaki, President of JPI, Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Mikita Komatsu, President of Daiwa Asset Management Co. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Capital and Business Alliance between Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Co.

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI formed a capital and business alliance in the field of asset management. Photo shows (from left) Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, and Mr. Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Capital and Business Alliance between Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Co.

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI formed a capital and business alliance in the field of asset management. Photo shows, from left, Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, and Mr. Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Japanese PM Kishida Addresses Joint Session Of Congress - Washington

Japanese Astronauts Daniel Tani and Akihiko Hoshide, right, applaud Yuko Kishida, center, wife of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan as he addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in the US House Chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese PM Kishida Addresses Joint Session Of Congress - Washington

Japanese Astronauts Daniel Tani and Akihiko Hoshide are applauded by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan as he addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in the US House Chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese PM Kishida Addresses Joint Session Of Congress - Washington

Japanese Astronauts Daniel Tani and Akihiko Hoshide are applauded by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan as he addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in the US House Chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese PM Kishida Addresses Joint Session Of Congress - Washington

Japanese Astronauts Daniel Tani and Akihiko Hoshide are applauded by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan as he addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in the US House Chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Press conference to replace the president

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Press conference to replace the president. President Seiji Nakata and Akihiko Ogino, President-Elect=Date:December 22, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Press conference to replace the president

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Press conference to replace the president. President Seiji Nakata and Akihiko Ogino, President-Elect=Date:December 22, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Press conference to replace the president

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Press conference to replace the president. Akihiko Ogino, President-Elect=Date:December 22, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Press conference to replace the president

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Press conference to replace the president. President Seiji Nakata and Akihiko Ogino, President-Elect=Date:December 22, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Akihiko Tanaka, president of Japan International Cooperation Agency, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles (from L) are seen at an international conference on the Mindanao peace process, in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 23, 2014.

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Hokkaido Electric Power chief sees need for reactor restart

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiko Mayumi, president of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014, that the utility will lower electricity charges if it is allowed to reactivate its nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, west of Sapporo, on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido.

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JICA president Tanaka meets Egyptian PM Mahlab

CAIRO, Egypt - Akihiko Tanaka (L), president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab hold talks in Cairo on Nov. 9, 2014. Tanaka told Mahlab that JICA will reinforce its cooperative relationship with Egypt.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide talks on TV from U.S. seabed

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, commander of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations program, talks to journalists in Tokyo on July 24, 2014 (Japan time), via teleconference from Aquarius, a lab anchored to the seabed off the U.S. state of Florida to approximate the enclosed environment in space.

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Conference on Mindanao peace process in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Philippine President Benigno Aquino (C), Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario (L), and Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka (R) attend an international conference discussing the peace process in the Philippines' strife-torn southern island of Mindanao held in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 24, 2014.

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JICA to assist Bhutan's study on gross national happiness

THIMPHU, Bhutan - Akihiko Tanaka, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, announces in the Bhutanese capital of Thimphu on June 18, 2014, that the agency will assist the country's research designed to gather updated data on the index of "gross national happiness."

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Abe speaks to astronaut Wakata aboard ISS

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and others communicate with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (on screen monitor), captain of the International Space Station, at the Japanese experimental module Kibo via satellite on April 10, 2014. From left: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, Abe, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.

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JICA, Kitakyushu City to help developing nations

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Akihiko Tanaka (L), president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and Kitakyusu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi hold signed copies of a cooperation agreement to help developing countries combat air and water pollution, at the city hall in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2013.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (on screen), speaking to Japanese reporters via teleconference from Houston, Texas. Hoside returned from the International Space Station earlier in the month.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, speaking to Japanese reporters via teleconference from Houston, Texas. Hoside returned from the International Space Station earlier in the month.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide after returning to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (C) after returning to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (C) after returning to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after he returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after he returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide leaves a Soyuz spacecraft (L) after he returns to Earth along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after he returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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London Games send-off ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is shown on giant screen offering encouragement from the International Space Station, during a send-off ceremony for Japan's team to the London Olympics, at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on July 21, 2012.

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Astronauts on ISS

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Akihiko Hoshide (L) waves as astronauts on the International Space Station are projected on a monitor at a control center in the suburbs of Moscow on July 17, 2012. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Hoshide and two colleagues docked with the space station earlier in the day.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams rises into the air after lifting off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. on July 15, 2012, from a launch center in Kazakhstan bound for the International Space Station.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams lifts off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. on July 15, 2012, from a launch center in Kazakhstan bound for the International Space Station.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams lifts off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. on July 15, 2012, from a launch center in Kazakhstan bound for the International Space Station.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - (From L) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams head for a ceremony to mark their departure for the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 15, 2012. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying the three astronauts lifted off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. the same day from a launch center in Kazakhstan.