Kenyan President William Ruto used an official visit to Yokohama on Wednesday to court additional Japanese investment, describing the port city as an example of industrial success and a conduit for foreign direct investment into Africa. Ruto told members of the Yokohama assembly that Kenya has trimmed its annual food import bill by about $2 billion through expanded domestic agricultural production, and said Nairobi aims to deepen cooperation with Japanese companies in irrigation, fertiliser manufacturing and mechanisation. He also set out a target of growing the country’s blue-economy revenues sixfold, from about Sh20 billion currently to Sh120 billion, by modernising ports, boosting aquaculture and developing coastal tourism with Japanese technical support. The president highlighted plans to electrify Kenya’s transport fleet, expand renewable-energy capacity and partner with Japanese firms on infectious-disease control and medical technology, arguing that the initiatives will reinforce a resilient economy despite global market disruptions.