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Cruise ship coronavirus rings alarm bells; recession looms for Japan, Singapore

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2020 0

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

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Japan hopeful of developing coronavirus vaccines before Olympics – professor

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2020 0

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 […]

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Nigeria begins E-passport, biometric visa issuance in Japan

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2019 0

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 […]

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Tiger woods leads in Japan barely two months after knee injury come back

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2019 0

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 […]

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Global stocks, pound rise on cautious Brexit deal hopes

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2019 0

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 […]

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Typhoon Hagibis: leaves 40 dead 16 missing in Japan

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2019 0

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 […]

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Osaka selects Japanese citizenship ahead of 2020 Tokyo Games

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2019 0

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, […]

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Japan nuclear operator admits it took money from local official

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2019 0

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 […]

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We’re investing $25bn to make agribusiness Africa’s biggest industry -AfDB

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2019 0

…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

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Buhari lands in Japan

Ihesiulo Grace 26 August 2019 0

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,

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IPOB: Buhari, next for disgrace in Japan

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2019 0

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 […]

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Buhari to deliver statement during plenary session, as he prepares for Japan on Sunday

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2019 0

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

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Serena Williams plays solid in first outing since Wimbledon

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2019 0

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 […]

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Tokyo Olympics organisers launch supplementary lottery for tickets

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2019 0

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 […]

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Sports ministry, AFN meet over refund of IAAF’s $130,000

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2019

Less than three days to the expiration of deadline given to Nigeria by the International Associations Athletics Federation (IAAF) to return to $130,000 mistakenly paid to the Athletics Federation Nigeria (AFN), Nigeria may be banned from competing in major competitions across the globe. It would be recalled in 2017 that IAAF tried to disburse the […]

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Japan police hunt for things to do as crime dries up

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2017 0

The crime rate in Japan is so low, that the nation’s police force hunts for things to do, the Economists is reporting. According to the report dated May 17 2017, There was just one fatal shooting in the whole of 2015. The tireless police of Kagoshima, a sleepy city in the far south of the […]

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Philippines, Japan hold naval drills in South China

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

The Philippines and Japan, which each have bitter maritime disputes with China, have conducted their first ever bilateral naval exercises. The day-long drills Tuesday in the South China Sea involved two Japanese destroyers and a Philippine Navy frigate, according to Manila. Philippines officials insisted the drills were not meant to send a message to China, […]

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Korea, China Wary of US-Japan Military Pact

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2015 0

A new defense pact between the United States and Japan that will give Tokyo’s forces a more ambitious global role provoked wary reactions from neighbors South Korea and China Tuesday. Even though South Korea may stand to benefit from a stronger Japanese military presence to counter the North Korean threat and China’s rising power, officials […]

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Asian Nations Restrict Thai Flights

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2015 0

China and Singapore have joined Japan and South Korea in restricting flights by Thailand’s airlines as the kingdom scrambles to address “significant safety concerns” by the U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The January audit in Thailand “revealed some safety concerns, primarily relating to air operator certification

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Japan Donates N154m to Boko Haram Victims

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

The Japanese government, through its embassy in Nigeria, has donated $770,000 (about N154 million) to the Nigerian Red Cross Society for the rehabilitation of Boko Haram victims in the north-east of the country. The Nigerian Red Cross will implement programmes, which would focus largely on enabling healthy and safe living for affected families, targeting vulnerable […]