Asia News: Japan
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A workplace policy at Shikoku Bank in Japan has drawn widespread criticism following reports that employees are required to pledge to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) if they Read more
Iwao Hakamada, an 88-year-old man who spent 56 years on death row, has been officially acquitted by a Japanese court in a landmark ruling that Read more
Former Japan prime minister, Shinzo Abe has been shot during a campaign in a province of Nara, 9News Nigeria has learnt on Friday. According to Read more
Adult diaper sales are far more higher than children diapers sold in Japan and this is why:- Japan is now arguably the oldest country in Read more
Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has declared a month-long state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic , and unveiled a record stimulus package Read more
The Nigerian Government has signed a $18.2m grant agreement with Japan to strengthen the capacity of network laboratories of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Read more
SEOUL (9News Nigeria) – North Korea on Thursday called Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a moron who should not even dream of setting foot in Read more
TOKYO (9News Nigeria) – Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers on Sunday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by Read more
TOKYO (9News Nigeria) – One man was killed, over 30 people were injured and more than six million people were advised to evacuate as a Read more
Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, Wednesday in Yokohama, assured President Muhammadu Buhari and other African leaders that Japan would do its best to support enterprises Read more
The presidency, on Monday, asked Nigerians to disregard ‘concocted’ stories of a planned protest or harassment of President Muhammadu Buhari and his team in Japan, Read more
TOKYO (9News Nigeria) – Japan’s Emperor Akihito has declared his abdication in a historic ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. In his last public Read more
A Japanese Minister, Yoshitaka Sakurada in charge of the Government’s cybersecurity strategy has drawn controversy after admitting that he has never used a computer. Sakurada, Read more
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the Yasukuni shrine for war dead Tuesday to mark the anniversary of Japan’s World Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action on North Korea. Nikki Read more
The government of Japan lodged a protest with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday over the test-firing of a missile by the Read more
North Korea on Monday criticised the U.S. for adopting double standards on Japan’s recent rocket launch on March 17. The report quoted a spokesman of Read more
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa launched a new drug programme to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) on Friday in a bid to combat the leading cause of Read more
TOKYO (Reuters) – Rattled by North Korean military advances, influential Japanese lawmakers are pushing harder for Japan to develop the ability to strike preemptively at Read more
Frustrated that North Korea has been undeterred by international sanctions, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is conducting a policy review to look for Read more
The Japanese government defended Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Friday as an “important corporate citizen” of the United States, after President-elect Donald Trump singled out Read more
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump targeted Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Thursday, threatening to impose a hefty fee on the world’s largest automaker if it builds Read more
Japan said on Friday it was temporarily recalling its ambassador to South Korea over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to work in Japanese military Read more
A 16-year-old boy in Japan was arrested Saturday after he confessed to killing his mother by repeatedly striking her head with a hammer and stabbing Read more
Japan said on Monday it had protested strongly against China’s allegations its fighter jets had engaged in “dangerous and unprofessional” behavior when they scrambled at Read more
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will impose additional sanctions on North Korea following the country’s fifth nuclear test in September and consider further measures depending on Read more
By Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 is likely to cost 22.6 trillion yen ($201 billion), slightly more than double Read more
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s trade ministry has almost doubled the estimated cost of compensation for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and decommissioning of the damaged Read more
By Yuka Obayashi and William Mallard TOKYO (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear Read more
JUBA (Reuters) – A contingent of Japanese troops landed in South Sudan on Monday, an official said – a mission that critics say could see Read more
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