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Date : August 14, 2025

The Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) (Mr. Toshihiko Horiuchi, Director-General / Assistant Minister (Ambassador), African Affairs Department, MOFA and Mr. Takahiro Hanada, Deputy Director-General, Secretariat for the TICAD9, MOFA )

post date : 2025.08.07

The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), to be held in Yokohama from August 20 to 22.

The FPCJ has invited Mr. Toshihiko Horiuchi, Director-General / Assistant Minister (Ambassador), African Affairs Department, MOFA and Mr. Takahiro Hanada, Deputy Director-General, Secretariat for the TICAD9, MOFA, to discuss the event.

 

 

Please note that you cannot physically attend this briefing, as it will be a Zoom webinar.

Embassy representatives and FPCJ supporting members may also participate in the briefing as observers (admission free).

 

 

 

■Date & Time: 17:00-18:00, Thursday, August 14, 2025, JST (Deadline for application: 12:00, Wednesday, August 13)

■Briefer: Mr. Toshihiko Horiuchi, Director-General / Assistant Minister (Ambassador), African Affairs Department, MOFA

Mr. Takahiro Hanada, Deputy Director-General, Secretariat for the TICAD9, MOFA

■Theme:  The Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9)

■ Language:  Japanese, with consecutive English interpretation

 

As in our standard press briefings, there will be a Q&A session at the end.
*In principle, questions will only be accepted from members of the foreign press.


■Members of the Foreign Press:
Please send any questions for the briefer or topics you are interested in to cp@fpcjpn.or.jp by noon on Tuesday, August  12.


As there will only be a limited amount of time to ask questions during the briefing, we will collect questions and provide them to the briefer in advance.

■How to Apply: Please refer to the email we sent.

*We will not be accepting applications by email.

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