00:00Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Shiba has opened a three-day summit with nearly 50 African leaders
00:06pledging deeper economic and strategic ties as Tokyo looks to counterbalance winning U.S. engagement
00:13and China's expanding footprint on the continent.
00:17The gathering, part of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TCAD,
00:23brings together heads of states, ministers and global officials,
00:27including U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
00:31Shiba is expected to unveil a new Indo-Pacific African cooperation framework
00:36linking government agencies, industries and experts to expand free trade and investment.
00:44Central to this vision is the Indian Ocean African Economic Zone Initiative
00:48designed to channel Japan's business activity from India and the Middle East into African markets.
00:57U.S. Japan niedrikans
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