Prime Minister Mori observing a job-training project for African refugees (January 8) Prime Minister Mori observing an IT project (January 8) Prime Minister Mori meeting with President Mbeki of South Africa (January 9) Prime Minister Mori delivering a speech at Gallagher Estate (January 9)

Monday, January 8-Tuesday, January 9, 2001

From January 7 to January 15 Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori visited three African countries and Greece. He went first to the Republic of South Africa, arriving in Johannesburg on January 8 and beginning a busy round of activities, which included observing a job-training project for African refugees and an information-technology (IT) project. On January 9 he met with President Thabo Mbeki and delivered an address,"Africa and Japan in the New Century," at Gallagher Estate.