TOKYO —

The Foreign Ministry raised its travel alert for Zimbabwe on Thursday, advising Japanese nationals to think carefully before traveling there, due to rising political tension and social instability over the non-release of the March 29 presidential election results.
   
The travel advisory, the second-lowest of four warning levels, urges Japanese who plan to travel to or stay in Zimbabwe to be particularly aware of pickpockets and robberies, which often involve guns, and to avoid traveling after dark. According to the ministry, 112 Japanese were residing in Zimbabwe as of Oct 1, 2007.

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  unscrejects at 03:52 PM JST - 25th April

  Yeah I would know why... ask Koizumi and Muneo about the cause of ZImbabwe's economic collapse. Hint: July 23 1997.

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