Richard Carter

News editor for @afp in Japan. Former Europe/Africa desk chief. Ex Berlin, Brussels, Paris.

Hindsight is 2020 for Japan

Article Richard Carter - 26 Mar 2020

Tokyo has a history of cancelled Olympics – but a different type of war caused it to cancel in 1940

A tropical subject: Could typhoons hit Rugby World Cup?

Article Richard Carter - 10 Sep 2019

Here are some of the key questions as one of the world's natural disaster hotspots prepares to host one of the world's biggest sporting events

Stormy G20 looms as Trump bashes China on trade

Article Richard Carter - 27 Jun 2019

The long-running trade war between the world's top two economies looked poised to dominate the agenda of the group of 20 summit

Crisis-hit Nissan issues fresh profit warning

Article Richard Carter - 24 Apr 2019

The firm downgraded its projection for net profit in the fiscal year to March 2019 from 410-billion yen to 319-billion yen

Trump ‘walks’ as North Korea talks end abruptly without deal

Article Jenny Vaughan & Richard Carter - 28 Feb 2019

The much-anticipated second meeting between the two leaders was supposed to build on their historic first summit in Singapore

Kim arrives in Hanoi for nuclear summit with Trump

Article Jenny Vaughan & Richard Carter - 26 Feb 2019

The normally sleepy Vietnamese border station of Dong Dang spruced itself up for Kim's arrival after the leader's 4 000km odyssey through China

Ghosn re-arrested over fresh allegations

Article Kyoko Hasegawa & Richard Carter - 21 Dec 2018

The case of the once-revered tycoon has gripped Japan and the business world since he was arrested as he stepped off his private jet

IOC weighs boxing Olympic KO

Article Richard Carter - 28 Nov 2018

The IOC has been losing patience with boxing since a judging scandal at the Rio Games in 2016

Nissan crisis deepens as ‘charges loom’ over Ghosn case

Article Richard Carter & Joseph Schmid - 21 Nov 2018

Nissan's board will decide on Thursday whether to remove the 64-year-old tycoon as chairman

History and handshakes: Five key takeaways from the Korea summit

Article Richard Carter - 27 Apr 2018

It was more than a decade since the last inter-Korean summit and Friday's meeting in the Demilitarised Zone did not disappoint

New Greece prime minister still unknown as bankruptcy looms

Article Richard Carter - 10 Nov 2011

As their country's debt crisis situation worsens, Greek politicians have remained deadlocked around who to appoint as their new prime minister.

Greece moots unity government after referendum drama

Article Richard Carter - 5 Nov 2011

The main opposition in Greece has called for early elections as PM Pandreou scurries to form a unity government after narrowly escaping a recall.

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Land reform still a hot potato

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

The land has got to belong to all the people of South Africa, and many believe that there’s no other mechanism for that except expropriation

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special reports - 24 Nov 2020

Nanobodies are smaller than conventional antibodies and easier to work with so they are ideal for good cheap sensitive rapid tests for Covid-19

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Inclusion as learned experience in higher education

special reports - 23 Nov 2020

Understanding the complexity of intersections between oppressions relating to race and gender is key to any commitment to creating a culture of inclusion and social justice

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Local government in crisis: how it can be fixed

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

Local governments are supposed to promote non-racial development, in a decentralised manner, but the reality does not match up

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special reports - 20 Nov 2020

It’s not the technology itself that is valuable, it’s the opportunities that it creates: this may be the perfect time for reinvention

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special reports - 19 Nov 2020

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Introducing Sabinet Judgments

special reports - 18 Nov 2020

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The Southern Africa Tuberculosis and Health Systems Support Research and Publication Interventions

special reports - 13 Nov 2020

The project places emphasis on rolling out a standardised package of occupational health services and mining safety standards across four countries