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Japan govt confer Nigerian for national honour

Robert Imoh — Wed, 08 May 2024 15:59:09 +0000

The Japanese government has identified a Nigerian, Prof . Chukwuma Ogbonna, asthe recipient of a national honour. The award will be bestowed on ogbonna at the forthcoming 2024 Spring Conferment of Decorations on foreign nationals. This is contained in a statement by embassy of Japan on Wednesday in Abuja. Ogbonna, a professor of microbiology, […]

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Protests planned in Pacific as Japan prepares to dump Fukushima water

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 09:57:29 +0000

Environmental groups would rally in Fiji on Friday to protest Japan’s decision to release treated cooling water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed on Tuesday the country would start discharging the water into the Pacific from Thursday. Japan’s nuclear regulatory authority had recently given the green […]

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Heatwave pushes temperatures above 35 Celsius across Japan

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 20:23:31 +0000

Japan’s weather agency said on Monday that scorching heat continues to push temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius across the country, with heatstroke alerts having been issued for many prefectures. A daytime high of 38 degrees is forecast for Kyoto City, and 37 degrees for the cities of Aizuwakamatsu, Osaka, Tottori and Saga. The temperature in […]

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Japan into Women’s World Cup last eight after beating Norway

Gbemi Banks — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 14:54:17 +0000

Japan eased their way into the last eight of the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup with a well-earned 3-1 victory over Norway at Wellington Regional Stadium. An unfortunate Ingrid Syrstad Engen own goal was cancelled out by a fine Guro Reiten header midway through the first half. Second-half goals from Risa Shimizu and adidas Golden […]

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Japanese court rules psychiatric evaluation of Abe’s killer continues until Feb. 6 – Reports

Gbemi Banks — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:25:09 +0000

The mental fitness examination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s killer will continue until Feb. 6 instead of Nov. 29, as originally scheduled, Japanese media reported on Thursday. The Kyodo news agency said, citing prosecutors, that the court granted their request that 42-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami remains in custody for the entire period of the checks. […]

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Pyongyang fires ballistic missile – S. Korea

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 12:44:47 +0000

Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, the South Korean military said on Wednesday. South Korean news agency Yonhap cited the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as announcing the test but no further details were released. The Kyodo news agency cited the Japanese government as saying […]

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Mainland: Attempts to establish ‘two Chinas’ or ‘one China, one Taiwan’ doomed to fail

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 18 May 2017 18:41:36 +0000

Any attempts to establish “two Chinas,” “one China, one Taiwan,” or “Taiwan independence” is doomed to fail, a spokesperson from the Chinese Mainland said on Thursday. An Fengshan, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remarks in response to the name change of a Taiwan organisation responsible for handling ties […]

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Olympic flag arrives Tokyo for 2020 Games

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:31:04 +0000

The Olympic flag arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday as Japan’s capital gears up to host the 2020 Games, with officials promising smooth sailing after Rio’s sometimes shaky 2016 instalment. Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike carried the flag during a ceremony at Haneda airport after stepping off a plane from the Brazilian host city, accompanied by a […]

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Father stabs son to death for not ‘studying enough for examination’

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:50:30 +0000

A Japanese man has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing his 12-year-old son to death because he was not studying enough for an upcoming examination, the report said on Tuesday. Kengo Satake allegedly stabbed his son, Ryota, an elementary school student, in the chest with a kitchen knife in their apartment in the central city […]

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Japan grants Nigeria 1.3bn Yen to improve electricity supply

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:31:33 +0000

The Japanese Government on Thursday granted Nigeria 1.3 billion Yen (approximately $11 million) to improve electricity supply in the country. The grant is coming through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Sadanobu Kusaoke, Japan Ambassador to Nigeria, said the grant was meant to improve electricity supply facilities in Abuja and […]

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World’s oldest man dies in Japan

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:21:39 +0000

Yasutaro Koide, a Japanese, aged 112 years, who is officially recognised as the oldest living man by Guinness World Records is dead. A report from Tokyo said that Koide, who was hospitalised in the central city of Nagoya, died from chronic heart failure. He was born in 1903, the year the Wright Brothers built the […]

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