UN chief Guterres meets Japanese PM Ishiba

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama. 

"Rather than focusing on their own needs, they want to carefully identify the needs of our partners and earn their trust, thereby fulfilling our role as a nation," Ishiba said. Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid cuts, conflict and climate change.