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Japan records unprecedented low birth rate since 1899

By: Emmanuel Akyereko The number of new born babies in Japan each year has hit a record low and is not expected to rise above 700,000 newborns, according to the economic think tank group of the Deloitte Tohmatsu Group. From January to October 2024, the number of newborn babies in the Island nation stood at 603,638. This figure is below 700,000 and represents the lowest ever record since the Japanese […]

todayDecember 25, 2024

Japan

Japanese Princess Aiko catches influenza

Japanese Princess Aiko has been diagnosed with the seasonal influenza, the Imperial Household Agency said Monday. Aiko, 23, who is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, canceled her planned participation in an event to her grandfather celebrate the 91st birthday of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, held at his residence in Tokyo’s Minato Ward the same day. Though the Emperor and Empress showed no symptoms of the influenza, they […]

todayDecember 24, 2024 2

Gloria Orwoba

Africa

Kenyan senator accused of having a secret affair with ex-Ghana President Kufuor demands apology

Kenyan politician, Gloria Orwoba, has demanded a retraction and apology from a Kenyan newspaper that claimed she allegedly had a secret affair with former Ghana President John Kufuor. On December 20, 2024, a Kenyan newspaper made a publication in which they alleged that the Kisii, Nairobi-based politician had a secret affair with the former Ghanaian leader leading to the birth of a child for the Ghanaian man. Her reaction comes […]

todayDecember 22, 2024

Ghanaian Residents Association in Osaka

Africa

Ghanaian Residents Association in Osaka hold 2024 End of Year party

By: Emmanuel Akyereko Members of the Ghanaian Residents Association in Osaka came together to celebrate a successful end to 2024 with a party event in Sakuragawa, Osaka, Japan on Sunday, December 2024. The association which boosts over 50 members out of an estimated 110 Ghanaians living in Japan's large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu, entertained themselves to a nice treat of assorted Ghanaian cuisines. […]

todayDecember 22, 2024 2

Bayside Jafriq Radio

Africa

Bayside Entertainment-JafriQ Radio donate to Ashanti Police Clinic

Tokyo-based Bayside Entertainment and fast-growing African-oriented online radio JafriQ Radio has made a donation of vital equipment to the Ashanti Police Clinic in Ghana. The items, which include stethoscopes and sphygmomanometers, were presented to the hospital on behalf of Bayside and JafriQ Radio by Superintendent Jerry John Boye on December 18, 2024. Upon receiving the items Superintendent Dr. Albert Paintsil stressed the importance of receiving the items from Bayside-JafriQ. "This […]

todayDecember 22, 2024 2

Ghana vs Nigeria

News

Nigeria hold Ghana’s Black Galaxies to pulsating stalemate in Accra in 2025 CHAN Qualifiers

Nigeria's Super Eagles B held Ghana's Black Galaxies to a pulsating 0-0 drawn game at the Accra Sports Stadium in the 2025 African Nations Championship. It was the first-leg of the two-legged ties which will determine which of the two countries will make appearance at the 8th edition of the competition which will come off in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda next year February. It was a game that neither side […]

todayDecember 22, 2024

Africa

South African footballer surrenders to police after fatal crash

[ad_1] A South African football player will face charges of culpable homicide, reckless and negligent driving, after he allegedly fled the scene of a fatal car crash that left a young girl dead, local police say. On Wednesday morning, Shaun Mogaila, 29, a player for Sekhukhune United, allegedly crashed his BMW into a car that was carrying an adult woman and two children in Gauteng province. The nine-year-old was "declared […]

todayOctober 31, 2024

Africa

Court paves way for Kindiki to replace Gachagua

[ad_1] Kenya's High Court has lifted an order blocking the swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as deputy president following the impeachment of his predecessor. In an unprecedented political drama that has gripped the nation Rigathi Gachagua was removed from office two weeks ago after parliament overwhelmingly approved an impeachment motion. President William Ruto immediately nominated Kindiki, currently the interior minister, to replace Gachagua. But the impeached deputy president then went to […]

todayOctober 31, 2024

Africa

Africa: Ministerial Statement Seeking Accountability on Ambition for Nature Finance

[ad_1] Over the last year, countries from the Global South have come together to launch the Ministerial Alliance for Ambition for Nature Finance (‘the Alliance’). The Alliance is an intergovernmental group of ministers working to publicly champion achieving the nature finance targets that the world agreed to in December 2022 in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (“GBF”) and demonstrate actions that countries in the Global South are taking to increase nature finance. […]

todayOctober 31, 2024

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