Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, arrived in the city of Kyoto, Japan, this Tuesday, after completing a workday in Nagoya.
In Kyoto, the last stage of the visit to Japan, the Angolan Head of State is expected to carry out activities of a cultural and protocol nature.
President João Lourenço is in Japan on an official visit, accompanied by the First Lady of the Republic, Ana Dias Lourenço, at the invitation of the authorities of that country.
As part of his visit to the Asian country, the Angolan Head of State met with Emperor Naruhito and was present at the Japan-Angola Business Forum.
Angola and Japan Cooperation
Angola and Japan intend to increase cooperation in the political, economic and cultural domains, especially in the process of industrialization and overcoming challenges in the areas of agriculture and the development of agribusiness, oil and mining.
Bilateral cooperation began in 1988 as Emergency Aid, via UNICEF.
After the end of the war in 2002, Japan began to carry out assistance in the areas of mine clearance, social reintegration of former soldiers and reintegration of refugees.
As part of the national reconstruction of Angola, Japan has been providing assistance, within the framework of international organizations, in segments such as
food aid, as well as assistance to farmers and poverty.
Japan’s support extends to assistance with the repatriation of refugees, water supply facilities, construction of primary schools, communication network and ports.
In the health sector, since 1996, Japan has donated US$40 million for the rehabilitation and equipment of the Josina Machel Hospital, which is one of the reference hospitals in the country.
Within the scope of economic cooperation, in recent years, knowledge and experiences from Japan have been used in the areas of rice cultivation development and professional training.
Located in the Far East and known as the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan is an archipelago formed by the islands of Kyushu, Honishu, Honshi Shikoku and Hokkaido.
An island country in the Pacific Ocean, it has dense cities, imperial palaces, mountainous national parks and thousands of shrines and temples.
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