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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 procedures,” said Anthony Philbin, communications chief for the […]
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 […]
After Ariana Miyamoto was crowned Miss Universe Japan, citizens of the country flocked to social media to express their rather harsh opinions about the multiracial beauty representing their country. The daughter of a Japanese woman and an African-American man, Ariana Miyamoto, 20,was scrutinized by many after winning the coveted pageant title with rude remarks being […]