The Japanese prefectures of Aichi and Gifu declared a state of emergency on Friday as the number of coronavirus infections in the regions continued to rise. Speaking at a news conference, Aichi Governor Hideaki Omura vowed to take various measures to overcome the coronavirus crisis and requested that its 7.5 million residents stay at home. […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe does not believe the Tokyo Olympics can be held under current circumstances after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) admitted it was considering postponing the Games due to the coronavirus crisis. “If I’m asked whether the Olympics can be held at this moment, I would have to say the world is not […]
Japanese shares fell more than 2 per cent on Thursday for the fourth trading day of decline amid growing concerns about economic effects of the novel coronavirus. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 477.96 points, or 2.13 per cent, to close at 21,948.23 after falling as much as 2.6 per cent in the afternoon. The broader Topix […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that the government would ask all elementary, junior high and high schools to close from March 2 until spring break, typically around the end of March. He was speaking at a meeting of the government’s task force to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. READ ALSO: […]
Two passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have died after contracting the new coronavirus. An 87-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman, both Japanese, died after being brought to hospital from the ship, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday, citing government sources. READ ALSO: Indonesian minister urges rich to marry poor It brings up the number […]
Two European fathers in Japan on Monday urged EU lawmakers to increase pressure on Tokyo to tackle parental child abduction by changing a law that does not recognise joint child custody following divorce. Frenchman Vincent Fichot and Italian Tommaso Perina will present a petition to the bloc’s legislative assembly in Brussels on Wednesday to demand […]
Authorities on Monday scrambled to track hundreds of cruise ship passengers scattered across the world after a woman who had been on board tested positive for coronavirus, highlighting the risks of a worsening global infection. Across mainland China, officials said the total number of coronavirus cases rose by 2, 048 to 70, 548, with 1, […]
Vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed 170 people in China probably will not be ready by the start of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, a professor who looked at health risks ahead of the Games said. Koji Wada, professor of public health at the International University of Health and Welfare in Tokyo, co-authored a paper […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated two more passport and biometric visa facilities in Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, South Korea. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Sunday James disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. James said that the operation desks were inaugurated by the Minister of interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola […]
Tiger Woods returned to competition in style, shooting his best score in more than a year to take the lead with a spectacular six-under-par 64 in the opening round at the Zozo Championship on Thursday. Two months after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery, the 15-time major champion made an “ugly start”, hitting his opening tee shot […]
Asian stocks and the pound gained on Tuesday as investors held out hope that Britain still had a chance of avoiding a messy exit from the European Union (Brexit) at key negotiations this week. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 per cent. Australian shares were up 0.17 per cent, while […]
The typhoon the worst storm to hit the country in decades has left at least 40 dead, with 16 missing. More than 110,000 people are taking part in search and rescue operations after Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan on Saturday. The typhoon the worst storm to hit the country in decades has left at least 40 […]
Two time tennis grand slam champion, Naomi Osaka, intends to play for the hosts at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after choosing to maintain Japanese citizenship. The 21-year-old, told Japanese broadcaster NHK in an interview on Thursday that she had begun the necessary administrative procedures. Breaking: Arsenal plans to offload Mesut Ozil Under Japanese law, […]
Kansai Electric Power President Shigeki Iwane on Friday conceded that its 20 top executives and employees received money and goods worth over 320 million yen (3 million dollars). At a news conference Iwane offered a sincere apology but he declined to step down, adding that they had received gifts from former local official whose town […]
…Trade within AfCFTA worth $3.3trn – Adesina Philip Clement – Abuja The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is currently investing $25 billion to help make agriculture and agribusiness Africa’s biggest industry. The AfDB, also, disclosed that the size of trade within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is worth 3.3 trillion dollars. The […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Monday arrived Japan ahead of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development. The personal Photographer to the President, Bayo Omoboriowo, who made this known today said President Buhari traveled together with Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama and Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Amb. […]
Nneka Nwogwugwu The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has ordered members of the group in the Republic of Japan to disgrace and arrest the President, when he arrives the Asian country on Sunday for the Seventh Tokyo International Conference. The pro-Biafra leader in a statement on Friday, charged his IPOB […]
Nneka Nwogwugwu President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday, deliver Nigeria’s Statement during Plenary Session Three, in which he will appraise Nigeria-Japan relations and takeaways from TICAD6. The President will set off from Abuja to Japan on Sunday, to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7),with the theme, “Africa and Yokohama, Sharing Passion […]
Serena Williams looked solid in her first match since Wimbledon as she defeated Belgium’s Elise Mertens on Wednesday to reach the third round at the WTA Toronto tournament. Serena Williams beat the 20th-ranked Mertens 6-3, 6-3 Wednesday at the WTA Toronto tournament. The 37-year-old American, one crown shy of a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles […]
Tokyo Olympics organisers launched a second ticket lottery on Thursday after an unexpectedly high local demand forced them to reevaluate their Japanese sales strategy earlier this year. Organisers said 5.12 million people had applied during the opening domestic lottery in May with only 960,000 able to get their hands on at least one ticket for […]