At the TICAD summit in Yokohama, what initiative did Japan propose?

1. African military alliance
2. Indian Ocean tourist corridor
3. Indian Ocean–Africa economic zone with $5.5B in loans
4. A tech bloc excluding China

The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) is a forum for discussing African development. Japan’s proposal of an economic zone with substantial financial backing ($5.5B in loans) aligns with the summit’s goals of fostering economic partnership and development in Africa, focusing on investment and infrastructure rather than military or exclusionary blocs.