Fond memories of Japan

My travels to Japan are infrequent these days but this was not the case from the 1980s through until 2009 so I was very interested to find out that Keidanren the powerful Japanese business federation was active in Africa and doing good things. In the 1980s I had hosted a Keidaren Mission to Los Angeles and had established excellent relations with both government bodies and major industry groups in Tokyo and it had become my favourite city in Asia. I also got know and built friendships with the organisers of TICAD a Tokyo Conference on Africa’s development.