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

On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Cabinet has agreed on the venue for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9).
For the first time in the African Development Conference, the venue was solicited. Yokohama City has held three times in the past, its ability to support meetings as a global MICE city, its bonds of exchange with Africa, and its efforts to support urban issues such as water supply and waste management, which has been built up since the TICAD meeting.
The schedule for the meeting for 2025 is undecided, but in the future, citizens will be able to lead to the operation of safe and smooth meetings, revitalization of Yokohama City and Kanagawa Prefecture, and further promotion of the next generation through international exchange. We will proceed with preparations with the cooperation of everyone from various fields in the city and the prefecture.