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Stories worth knowing

Interviews, profiles, documentaries, photography and commentary — told with a human, optimistic, entrepreneurial voice, in both directions.

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Africa → Japan

  • African entrepreneurs entering Japan
  • African food, fashion and art in Japan
  • Diaspora perspectives on Japan

Japan → Africa

  • Japanese companies and entrepreneurs in Africa
  • Japanese culture and products in Africa
  • Japanese perspectives on Africa

Together

  • Stories that exist in the intersection
  • African-Japanese identity & family
  • Cross-border collaborations

SERIES

Recurring formats

Series

AfroJapan Stories

People. Places. Ideas.

Series

The Builder

Meet the people building something of their own.

Series

Life in Japan

What is it actually like?

Series

The Diaspora

African identities beyond the continent.

LATEST

Recent stories

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Interview

Building a bilingual podcast from a Tokyo apartment

Two hosts, two languages, one growing audience.

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Photography

A photo essay: Sunday mornings at Fellowship Yokohama

A community gathering, seen up close.

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Opinion

Stop calling it exotic

On covering Africa in Japan without the cliches.

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