California Overtakes Japan as World’s 4th Largest Economy in GDP Rankings
California has officially overtaken Japan as the world's fourth-largest economy, with new IMF and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data ...
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Man Sentenced to Jail for Attempted Murder of Former Japan Prime Minister
A 25-year-old man, Ryuji Kimura, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to murder Japan’s former Prime ...
Japan Airlines Restores Systems After Cyberattack Disrupts Flights
Japan Airlines (JAL) has suffered a cyberattack that threw the proverbial wrench into their festive operations at a time when ...
Scandal-Stricken Election Leaves Japan’s Leadership in Limbo
Japan's political stability faces a serious challenge following the recent general election, where Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted ruling coalition ...
Japan’s Ruling Coalition Projected to Lose Majority in Punishing Election
Despite efforts to boost public support, Japan's ruling coalition is projected to lose its parliamentary majority following Sunday’s general election, ...
Japan Makes Warmish Attempt to Bridge Gender Gap in Politics as Election Nears
According to report issued by the government in 2021, the issues facing political women in in Japan include gender stereotypes, ...
Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo Wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo, a group representing survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel ...
Japan Shuts Down Airport After Explosion Near Runway
A regional airport in southwest Japan has been shut on Wednesday after a U.S. bombshell —which experts have said likely ...
Why Japan Chose A Lone Wolf and Political Dissenter to lead its Majority Party
Politics is often an affair involving family ties and alliances, but Japan chose a self-acclaimed lone wolf to lead its ...
Shigeru Ishiba Elected as Japan’s New Leader In Record Contest
Shigeru Ishiba has been elected to lead Japan's new government after winning a contest with a record nine candidates vying ...
Japan Plans to Evacuate its Citizens in Lebanon
The Japanese government announced on Friday that it is pushing its residents to leave Lebanon and has made the decision ...
Typhoon Shanshan Arrives With Heavy Rains, Travel Turmoil In Japan
Typhoon Shanshan has barraged several parts of Japan with heavy rains on Friday, and warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds ...
Japan Issues Emergency Warning for Typhoon Shanshan
Japan had on Wednesday, issued an emergency warning as the powerful Typhoon Shanshan approached the southwestern region with heavy downpour ...
NNPC Ltd Commences Liquefied Natural Gas Supply to Japan and China
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has announced the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes to Japan ...
Nigeria and Japan Talks on Improving Bilateral Relations
Japan's Foreign Minister, Ms. Kamikawa Yoko, and Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, met on Saturday to discuss the enhancement ...
