Africa's Relationship With China Is Ancient History

In 2002 South Africa's Parliament unveiled a digital reproduction of a map - of China, the Middle East and Africa - that some speculated could be the initial map of the African continent. The Da Ming Hun Yi Tu - the Comprehensive Map of the Great Ming Empire - was drawn up around 1389 during the Ming Dynasty, according to historian Hyunhee Park.

Climate change laws around the world

There has been a 20-fold increase in the number of global climate change laws since 1997, according to the most comprehensive database of relevant policy and legislation.

The database, produced by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Sabin Center on Climate Change Law, includes more than 1,200 relevant policies across 164 countries, which account for 95% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

China Slowing growth and eroding policy buffers

China

Slowing growth and eroding policy buffers

Japan in Africa Japan looks to grow its presence across Africa

Between 2016 and 2018, Japan has pledged to invest $30 billion in Africa’s development, as it bids to join the likes of China and the US in the battle for influence on the continent.

Competition in Africa is heating up, with Japan aiming to increase its presence and influence on the continent as it looks to make up ground lost to China since the turn of the century.

Japan launched the Tokyo International Conference on African Improvment(TICAD) back in 1993, and since again has invested around $50 billion in Africa, a meagre sum at the same time as compared to China and the US.

The role of foreign banks in local economies

What sectors of the Myanmar economy are Japanese investors most interested in?

Takashi Matsuoka, President of Doshisha University

Mr. Yoshiyuki Fujishiro, President RORZE Co.

In this interview for The Worldfolio, Mr. Yoshiyuki Fujishiro -President of Rorze- delivers a incomparable insight into the innovative edge of a next leader in the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry

Critics have it that Abenomics has fallen short of expectations. Structural reforms aimed at tackling the ageing people and decreasing workforce are meant to change Japan. Confronting an aging people, experts have claimed that automatization can be the answer to Japan’s problems. How has Abenomics impacted Japan, and most particularly your sector? How can the fourth industrial revolution be a solution to Japan’s decreasing workforce?

Teruaki Nakatsuka President & CEO of JATCO

JATCO accounted for 41% of world continuous variable transmission (CVT) production last year and has aims to be the number one automatic transmission (AT) manufacturer in the world. President & CEO Teruaki Nakatsuka takes a look at where world automobile markets and trends are heading, and the importance of JATCO to be as efficient, flexible and innovative as the products it makes.

Aya Aso President & CEO of Agora Hospitalities

Offering a diverse collection of hotels spanning traditional ryokan to full-featured resorts, Agora Hospitalities assures a incomparable and localized Japanese experience for its guests and comprehensive rebranding and repositioning services for its hotel owners. President & CEO Aya Aso discusses the company’s ‘regional alliance’border and as well takes a look at the changing tourism sector in Japan.

Biken Techno Corporation FM experts expand SE Asian network

There are two sides to a business: the people that create things from scratch, and the people that develop and optimize existing businesses – according to Ryusei Kajiyama, President of Japan’s Biken Techno Corporation, who discusses how it aims to merge the two sides for its clients and generate new business opportunities through its expertise in facility management (FM), real estate and medical services provision not only in Japan, but as well Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, and potentially Thailand.

Shinji Takada, Representative Director, President & CEO of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation

A leader in multichannel pay-TV broadcasting and satellite communications, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation features the world’s initial Ultra-HD 4K-dedicated commercial channels under satellite-based pay-TV broadcast and is Asia’s major satellite communications operator. Representative Director, President & CEO Shinji Takada provides an insight into the next generation of broadcasting and the company’s focus on where current and next increase potential lies.

Shunichi Miyanaga, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd is one of the major employers in Japan with over 80,000 employees and is the number one heavy industry manufacturer in the country, producing around 500 products that make a significant contribution to the lives of people worldwide. President and CEO Shunichi Miyanaga discusses the meteoric rise of one of Japan’s most prolific producers and where it’s headed next.

Imperial Hotel Historic landmark hotel preserves legacy of quality and broad appeal

Tokyo’s iconic Imperial Hotel originally opened its doors in 1890 at the behest of the Japanese aristocracy to cater for the increasing number of Western visitors to Japan, and has since welcomed a stream international dignitaries, royalty and celebrities. Maintaining the finest levels of Japanese hospitality and safeguarding its historic legacy, President Hideya Sadayasu provides an insight into one of Japan’s most prestigious and landmark establishments.

Jiang Jianqing: ICBC embracing new Chinese landscape

Jiang Jianqing, the chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, explains how the major bank in the world in capital, profits and assets is dealing with China’s economic slowdown, structural reforms and new privately owned, tech-savvy entrants in the banking sector.