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Japan’s Development Pitch to Central Asia

By announcing new investments in Central Asia, Japan is entering a crowded field of competition and must prove the advantages ...
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine exacerbated the collapse of Moscow’s imperial influence, and since 2022, the war has ...
With vast open landscapes, high altitudes, and almost zero light pollution, Central Asia is emerging as one of the most ...
ALMATY – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev outlined Kazakhstan’s strategic vision for expanding political, economic, and ...
One of Iran’s primary interests in Central Asia is to ease its long-standing political, diplomatic and economic isolation.
In the ecological sphere, the Head of State advocated the launch of a joint Program to improve air quality in Central Asia, ...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the leaders of five Central Asian nations are expected to establish a new framework for cooperation in AI.
Currently, Tokyo's key interests are related to rare earth metals and investments. Central Asia has the world's largest ...
Central Asian cultural traditions have received international recognition as the ancient bowed instrument Kobyz and the ...
Chinese and Gulf capital are driving Central Asia’s renewable energy build-out through distinct but intersecting investment ...
The region needs to overcome four key structural challenges: lack of access to the sea, low level of development of the financial sector, lack of water and energy coordination, and climate change. The ...
EADaily, December 24th, 2025. A citizen of Ukraine traded organs of residents of Central Asia and Transcaucasia. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan.