Salvage crew tries again to raise sunken Japanese tour boat off Hokkaido
Attempts to raise a sunken tourist boat off Hokkaido resumed on Thursday for a second time after the initial attempt failed and brought the vessel […]
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Osaka knocked out in French Open first round by Anisimova
Japan’s Naomi Osaka crashed out of the French Open in a 7-5 6-4 first-round loss to American Amanda Anisimova on Monday. This is coming a […]
Japan, Nigeria set to sign MoU to develop baseball, softball
The Nigeria Baseball and Softball Association (NBSA) as well as the Japan-Africa Baseball & Softball (J-ABS) Foundation have agreed to sign an MoU to develop baseball […]
Japan okays 4th COVID-19 jab for over 60s
A Japanese health ministry panel approved a plan Wednesday to allow a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot to initially be given to senior citizens and those […]
Japan expands sanctions against N/Korea, targets Russians
The Japanese government announced additional sanctions against North Korea on Friday, following the testing of long-range missile last month. Tokyo said the assets of four […]
UN, Japan govt execute N77.2m projects in Yobe
Hauwa Abubakar, the Yobe Commissioner for Women Affairs, says UN Women and Japanese Government have executed projects worth N77.2 million in the state. Abubakar disclosed […]
Japan to supply Ukraine with steel helmets soon
Despite its pacifist constitution, Japan says it intends to provide steel helmets, protective vests and other supplies to Ukraine, to help it fight the Russian […]
Toyota to shutdown Japanese production lines due to cyber attack
Japanese carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp, on Monday said it was preparing to shutdown all of its plants in Japan as from March 1 due to […]
Over 199,000 people may die if magnitude 9 earthquake strikes japan – reports
The Japanese government’s Central Disaster Management Council has predicted that a powerful earthquake may kill up to 199,000 people in the north and northeast of […]
Japan executes 3 prisoners on death row for 1st time in 2yrs
The Japanese Ministry of Justice said three prisoners were executed on death row on Tuesday which is the first execution in Japan since December 2019. […]