Tag: Japan
Japan presents agric support to Borno farmers
The Japanese Government on Wednesday presented farm implements worth millions of Naira to farmers in Mainok in Kaga Local Government…
Typhoon threatens southern Japanese Islands
Weather authorities said on Tuesday that Typhoon Malou was approaching Islands in Japan’s South and that it had already brought…
Japanese father stabs son over studies
A Japanese father stabbed his 12-year-old son to death after complaining the boy was failing to study for a school…
The World On Edge – Remembering August 6, 1945 by John Darlington
August 6, 1945, goes down in history as the day when the detonation of a very dangerously powerful explosive reportedly…
Buhari hails Dream Team for defeating Japan
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the Under-23 team for defeating Japan 5-4 in their Rio Olympic first game. The…
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Etebo scores 4 as Dream Team beat Japan 5-4
The Dream Team played an interesting first game at the Olympics to earn their first three points in Manaus on…
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Breaking: Man stabs 19 people to death
At least 19 people were killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the…
Arsenal new striker cries before leaving Japan
Arsenal fans may have been underwhelmed by the signing of Japanese youngster Takuma Asano, but he’s clearly a pretty big…
Obama in historic visit to Hiroshima
President Barack Obama of the United States arrived Friday in Hiroshima, Japan, beginning a historic visit that he hopes will…
G-7 summit kicks off in Japan
Rebooting global growth was top of the agenda as the G7 leaders started a two-day meeting in the Japanese coastal…
Japanese largesse for IDPS in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa
Japan has extended a grant of $1.5 million to support food distribution and provision of agricultural inputs to most vulnerable…
Japan to offer $1.45m assistance to IDPs in northeast
The Japanese Government on Monday said it would support a humanitarian response project with 1.45 million Dollars toward assisting internally…
Toyota leads global car sales in October, outsells VW in 4th month
Toyota Motor Corp. outsold Volkswagen AG for the fourth straight month in October to remain the world’s top-selling automaker so…
At 105, Japanese sprinter still breaking records
For a runner to impress Usain Bolt, you’ve got to have something special. At 105, Hidekichi Miyazaki has it in…
Senegal, Egypt, Ukraine, Japan win UN Security Council seats
Senegal, Japan and Egypt won seats at the UN Security Council on Thursday as world diplomacy is overshadowed by tensions…
General Assembly to hold election for 5 Security Council seats
The 70th session of the UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold elections for the non-permanent seat on the UN…
Japan centenarian population tops 60,000
Japanese government said on Friday, the number of centenarians in Japan exceeded 60,000 in 2015, hitting a record high for…
Explosion rocks US military base
Pentagon Spokesman, Navy Comdr. William Urban, confirmed that an explosion occurred at the United States Army Sagami General Depot in…
Nigerian scouts in Japan for World Jamboree
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Chief Commissioner of Scout in Nigeria, Chief Soga Sofolahan has described Nigeria participation at this year World…
US beat Japan 5-2 to win third Women’s World Cup title
Carli Lloyd became the first woman to score a hattrick in a World Cup final as she inspired the United…
Japan beat England, face USA in final
Edmonton (Canada) (AFP) – Holders Japan swiped a dramatic 2-1 victory over England thanks to an injury-time own-goal by defender…
Japan executes convict, 12th under premier Abe
Japan on Thursday confirmed the execution of one death-row inmate by hanging, in the first execution since August, bringing the…
Challenges for PM Abe, as polls produce only 4 female mayors
Local elections in Japan produced just four female mayors of the 222 positions up for grabs, results showed Monday, underlining…
Japan marks 10th anniversary of fatal train crash
Japan on Saturday marked the 10th anniversary of the nation’s worst train accident in recent memory, which killed 107 people…
Chelsea to sign Japan striker Muto for $5.9m
English Premier League leaders Chelsea have made a formal offer for Japan striker Yoshinori Muto, his club FC Tokyo said…
Japan halts Uber taxi services
Japan has slammed the brakes on a pilot project by taxi service Uber less than a month after it was…
S. Korea urges Japan to apologise to ‘comfort women’
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Sunday repeated a call for Japanese leaders to apologise to former wartime sex slaves,…
Japan police arrest ‘IS-inspired’ killing teen
Japanese police on Friday arrested a teenager on suspicion of killing a 13-year-old schoolboy, in a chilling murder some local…
Japan unveils ‘Tomatan’ a wearable tomatoes
As the world’s electronic companies scramble to set the agenda for wearable devices, one Japanese vegetable juice maker went one…