PoliticsJapan's trade insurance to cover full African investment
Government pushes infrastructure exports as China races ahead
China has been aggressively investing in African infrastructure projects, including Kenya's Northern Corridor railway project. © Reuters
TAKASHI TSUJI, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- The Japanese government will create trade insurance that will fully cover infrastructure-related exports and loans to Africa, hoping to encourage companies here to make further inroads into a region considered the last frontier of the global economy.