•People walk down a flooding road in Chiba as heavy rain swept through the area, yesterday At least five people died in eastern Japan after “unprecedented” heavy rain that left thousands stranded at Narita airport overnight and snarled up roads and rail services, authorities said today. The torrential downpours late yesterday triggered landsl...
•Rescue officials work at the site of a house damaged by earthquake Japanese emergency workers searched tirelessly for survivors at a wrecked shopping mall today, as the death toll from a major earthquake hit 34 and tens of thousands were left without power in punishing heat. The Kumamoto disaster management office issued the new tally [&hell...
•Earthquake Japan issued a tsunami alert after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the country’s southwest today, knocking out power to thousands of households. The tremor at 4:27 pm (0727 GMT) on the island of Kyushu also measured at the highest possible level seven on Japan’s own Shindo scale of shaking, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The ...
•Idara Michael Youth development advocate and public speaker, Idara Michael is representing Nigeria at the 39th JCI Academy, an international leadership programme currently taking place in Tokachi Obihiro, Japan. The academy, which runs from July 2 to July 11, 2026, brings together more than 170 participants from countries around the world, wi...
•Japan’s players celebrate their second goal against Netherlands, yesterday Japan scored an 88th-minute equaliser as they twice fought back to rescue a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in front of 69,285 in Texas yesterday to open their World Cup campaigns. A match that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the […]...
•A pregnant woman walks to her office in Tokyo Japan’s fertility rate fell again last year to a new record low, official data showed today, underscoring the demographic crisis gnawing at the world’s fourth-largest economy. Japan has one of the world’s lowest birth rates, as well as a falling and ageing population, leading to labour […]...
Nigeria’s revenue is about to receive a boost as Japan has contacted crude oil suppliers in countries across the world, including Nigeria, to ensure a stable domestic supply while searching for non-Middle East barrels amid conflict in the region that has disrupted global supply. Narumi Hosokawa, deputy director-general for immediate crisis man...
•FIFA begins 100-day countdown to 2026 World Cup The countdown is officially on: just 100 days remain until one of the most anticipated moments in FIFA World Cup history, the 1,000th match of the tournament. On June 20, Tunisia and Japan will step onto the pitch at the iconic Monterrey Stadium in Mexico to contest […]
•Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Japan will deploy a batch of long-range, counter-strike missiles in a southwest region near China by the end of March, officials said today. The Ground Self-Defense Force plans to position its Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles, with a reported range of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles), in Kumamoto, Kyushu region...
•US President Donald Trump (L), US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (R) and US Ambassador to Japan George Glass (C) The United States announced yesterday a first tranche of investments by Japan out of a colossal $550 billion promised by Tokyo in its trade deal with President Donald Trump. The commitments of $36 billion for […]
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