{"id":53908,"date":"2025-09-06T00:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=53908"},"modified":"2025-09-06T00:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:52:05","slug":"japanese-company-develops-new-malaria-treatment-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/japanese-company-develops-new-malaria-treatment-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Company Develops New Malaria Treatment in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan\u2019s Minister of Industry and Trade, Mahasin Ali Yaqoub, emphasized the government\u2019s call for Japanese companies to invest in Sudan, particularly during the reconstruction phase, stressing the extensive facilities and incentives provided to attract foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks came during meetings held alongside Sudan\u2019s Ambassador to Japan, Al-Raih Haidoub, and Kentaro Mizuuchi, Acting Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires of the Japanese Embassy in Sudan, with various government ministries and industrial firms. The visit formed part of her participation in \u201cSudan Day\u201d activities in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also visited the headquarters of Japan\u2019s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, where she met Tsugisaka Takako, Director-General of International Trade Policy. She briefed Japanese officials on improved security across most Sudanese states\u2014particularly Khartoum\u2014following recent victories by the Sudanese Armed Forces over the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/p>\n<p>In a separate meeting with Norihiko Ishiguro, President of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), discussions focused on reopening JETRO\u2019s Sudan office, given improved security conditions in Khartoum, and expanding cooperation in reconstruction, technology transfer, and capacity-building in agriculture and mining industries.<\/p>\n<p>At Eisai Co., a major Japanese pharmaceutical company, Minister Yaqoub met Executive Director Haruo Naito. She praised the company\u2019s collaboration with Sudan\u2019s Mycetoma Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>Naito expressed regret over the destruction of the Khartoum-based research center due to the war but noted that Eisai has developed a new drug to treat mycetoma and hopes to register it in Sudan urgently. He further confirmed the company has successfully produced a new, effective treatment for malaria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan\u2019s Minister of Industry and Trade, Mahasin Ali Yaqoub, emphasized the government\u2019s call for Japanese companies to invest in Sudan, particularly during the reconstruction phase, stressing the extensive facilities and incentives provided to attract foreign investment. Her remarks came during meetings held alongside Sudan\u2019s Ambassador to Japan, Al-Raih Haidoub, and Kentaro Mizuuchi, Acting Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53912,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53908\/revisions\/53912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}