[Press Release] The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) will be held in Yokohama in 2025!

Today (Tuesday, August 8, 2023), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the host of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) had been approved by the Cabinet.
This is the first time that the African Development Conference has been held. Yokohama City has held three times in the past, has a high level of support for holding conferences as a global MICE city, the bonds of exchanges with Africa that have been built since the TICAD event, and solutions to urban issues such as water supply and waste management. We told approach of support and pushed forward invitation.
The schedule for the 2025 meeting is undecided, but in the future, citizens will be able to lead to safe and smooth operation of the meeting, revitalization of Yokohama City and Kanagawa Prefecture, and further promotion of the next generation through international exchange, etc. We will proceed with preparations with the cooperation of all of the people involved in the city and prefecture.