Japan to focus on African health system, extremism at 2016 summit: Abe

Japan to focus on African health system, extremism at 2016 summit: Abe 

For the 2016 summit the Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said Japan is going to focus on improving Africa's health system and curb extremism. Japan is going to back Africa's strong will to overcome the challenges they've faced. Some challenges Africa has gone through are Ebola virus, terrorism, and falling commodity prices. In order to further support Africa, Japan wants to become a nonpermanent member of the UN security council next year because many of the conversations are about the stability and peace in Africa. I think this would be a good idea because since Japan is already expanding and developing their relationship with Africa this could potentially open up more door for development opportunities not only for Africa, but also for Asia. Japan is trying to play a more significant role in peace and stability for Asia too. I hope President Abe can follow through with everything he's been saying to the press because his ideas and goals sound great. It's nice to see Japan reach out and participate in global issues because most of the time I don't hear much about Japan in the news, but now I'm starting to hear more and more.

Julia

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