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TOKYO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The Japanese government has awarded more than 100 contracts over the last decade to two non-profit groups set up by Dentsu Inc, according to a Reuters analysis of government data, in arrangements that some opposition lawmakers say obscured the role of the advertising giant in winning public funds.
The contracts, which ranged from administering tourism-promotion projects to distributing coronavirus relief funds, were worth at least $1.6 billion, according to public disclosures by government ministries and data provided by those ministries to Japan s parliament, seen by Reuters, which has not previously been reported.
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Ambassadors present credentials
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter
Three new ambassadors from India, Japan and Greece presented their credentials to President Mnangagwa at State House yesterday and pledged to boost ties between their countries and Zimbabwe.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Dr Sibusiso Moyo and the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Ambassador James Manzou, attended the event.
President Mnangagwa receives incoming Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Vijay Khanduja’s credentials while Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo and permanent secretary Ambassador Manzou look on at state house in Harare yesterday. Picture: John Manzongo
First to present credentials was India’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Vijay Khanduja, who commended the strong bilateral relations between the two countries.