Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hoping to secure Japanese investment projects worth around 15 billion euros on his visit to the country - the first by an Egyptian leader in 16 years.
Al Sisi is desperate to attract foreign investment which has been driven away due to the continued unrest following the 2011 uprising.
The projects are thought to be related to energy and as well as other sectors.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government drives exports of social infrastructure such as railway systems and power generation systems to the Middle East and other regions as part of its growth strategy.
The leaders also agreed to hold a dialogue between their Defence and Foreign Ministry officials periodically to strengthen security ties.
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Thousands of refugees have spent another cold night stranded on Greece's border with the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia.
Earlier frustrations boiled over at restrictions imposed on people moving through the Balkans. Police on the Macedonian (FYROM) side fired teargas to disperse the migrants who had stormed the border.
A witness said several rounds of teargas were fired into the crowd and onto a railway line where other migrants sat refusing to move, demanding to cross the country. Around 6,500 are currently waiting to continue their journey northwards.
A girl cries as she flees clashes during a protest at the Greek-Macedonian border,... https://t.co/IUgYIn3rJk v'ia Reuters- CARLOS G TRUJILLO C (ctrujillocarpio) February 29, 2016
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing the biggest test of her decade in power continues to reject any limit on the number of refugees it allows in despite divisions within the government over the issue.
"If a big continent like Europe with 500 million inhabitants can give refuge to one million Syrians I don't think that's asking too much, as a neighbouring region. And it's probably not even one million Syrians who are here who really need refuge," said Merkel.
On Monday the first 93 Syrians refugees arrived in Italy as part of a pilot project. ... but they are the lucky ones.
Beyond the walls: FM PaoloGentiloni welcomes 93 Syrian #refugees arrived
in Italy via safe #humanitariancorridors pic.twitter.com/dOkxF19SOZ- Sebastiano Cardi (sebastianocardi) February 29, 2016
European Union Council president, Donald Tusk is visiting Austria and other countries along the Balkans migration route this week seeking to heal deep divisions over how to deal with the biggest humanitarian crisis in decades.
More than a million people fleeing war in Syria and turmoil across the Middle East arrived in the European Union last year, mostly crossing from Turkey to Greece. And the influx shows no sign of slowing despite a November accord with Ankara meant to impose a halt.
"President Tusk will travel to Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Skopje and Athens from the 1st to the 3rd of March to continue building a European consensus on how to handle the migration crisis," a statement issued by his office said.
The trip will help prepare for a crucial summit with Turkey on March 7 to review progress on the November agreement, and for an EU summit on March 17-18 which is likely to be dominated by the migrant crisis.
Argentina has agreed in principle to a deal with US hedge funds ending a 15-year-old dispute over its failure to repay billions of dollars worth of bonds.
The deal is to pay about 4 billion dollars ( 3.6 billion euros) to settle with four "so-called "holdoutfirms that had refused to restructure debt after the country's 2001 default.
During a 15-year legal battle, creditors attempted to embargo everything from Navy frigates to satellite launches to claw back the money a New York court said they were owed from defaulted bonds.
In order to lift a financial blockade on Argentina, the country's congress must approve the deal and lift two laws - the Lock Law and Sovereign Payment Law - that prevent the country from paying creditors who had rejected the 2005 and 2010 restructurings.
Daniel Pollack, New York Court-appointed mediator explained:
"Argentina must take the matter to Congress. Obviously the judge will watch very carefully to see whether congress lifts the Lock law and the Sovereign Payment Law and he will then determine whether he will vacate the injunction."
The agreement is being seen a victory for new Argentine president, Mauricio Macri who took office in December after making the ending of the dispute one of his campaign promises.
If approved by congress it will mean Argentina can return to international capital markets after a 15-year ban. Macri's predecessor Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had refused to negotiate with the "holdouts", calling them "vultures".
Argentina's Debt Drama: How We Got Here https://t.co/FndiyK8VXk by littlewern- Taos Turner (taos) February 29, 2016
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