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[ad_1] Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, former chairman of Japanese publisher Kadokawa, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday over allegations he bribed a former executive of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee."I don't recall anything, and I'm innocent," Kadokawa, 81, said in the first hearing of his trial at the Tokyo District Court. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] AFPIan Khama (R) and his protégé Mokgweetsi Masisi (L) in happier times Ian Khama’s well-mannered voice barely disguises the anger that he feels.In several interviews that Botswana’s former president has given since 2019, when he began to express dissatisfaction with his hand-picked successor, Mokgweetsi Masisi, he has talked about him in damning terms.Masisi was “drunk on power”, Khama told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme five years ago.Since then […]
[ad_1] Cases of mycoplasma pneumonia, a common infection affecting children that is usually accompanied by prolonged fever and cough, reached a record high during the last week of September, according to the most recent data from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.The data published on Tuesday showed an average of 1.64 patients with the disease being reported per medical facility in the week between Sept. 23 and 29. This is […]
[ad_1] Japan saw the highest number of bankruptcies since 2013 in the six months through September, as companies were increasingly hit by rising costs. Some 4,990 firms went bankrupt in that period, increasing 18.6% from the previous year, according to a report by Teikoku Databank on Tuesday. The number of firms going under in Japan has continued to increase since the second half of the year ending March 2022. The […]
[ad_1] Parliament cleared a bill on Tuesday that will allow victims of a now-defunct eugenics law to receive ¥15 million in damages even if they did not file a lawsuit against the government for being forcibly sterilized.Spouses of victims are also eligible to receive ¥5 million in compensation. In the event of the death of the victim or their spouse, the family can claim compensation appropriate to the situation. Those […]
[ad_1] Real wages in Japan fell in August, bringing into doubt the earnings recovery some politicians hope will drive a sustained economic recovery.The labor ministry said real wages declined 0.6% year-on-year in August as high inflation ate away at solid nominal gains. This followed a positive reading in June, which broke a 26-month streak of real-wage declines, and another positive reading in July.The increases in those two months “were largely […]
[ad_1] New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s “Asian NATO” proposal appears dead on arrival.The idea, long-mulled by the former defense chief, has faced an outpouring of criticism that it is both unrealistic and unpalatable for partners. It also comes just as Ishiba is set to attend his first multilateral forum as prime minister, when he heads to Laos this week for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings.Ishiba himself has admitted […]
[ad_1] CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe yesterday launched a tirade aimed at national team gaffer Michael Nees and the football authorities at ZIFA. Chitembwe was furious that he was not allowed to use his dependable captain Godknows Murwira in yesterday's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League blockbuster clash with bitter rivals Dynamos at Rufaro. Murwira is among the few locally-based players called by Nees for the back-to-back 2025 AFCON qualifiers against Namibia in South Africa this week. But Dynamos vice-captain Emmanuel […]
[ad_1] Africa remains aware of the brutal colonial experiences and continues to suffer the effects to this day, President Mnangagwa has said. In a speech read on his behalf by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Ambassador Frederick Shava at the inaugural Africa Peace and Security Dialogue hosted by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday, the President said Africa would not forget such a brutal past. "As Africans, we remain cognisant of the experiences of the brutal […]
[ad_1] Oliver Kazunga — Zimbabwe"s tourist arrivals grew by 19 percent to 381 293 in the second quarter of this year from 320 592 in the same period last year on the back of the ongoing global tourism recovery. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, countries imposed travel restrictions and national lockdowns to contain the viral respiratory infection, which killed millions of people across the globe. Countries across the globe gradually lifted the travel restrictions and national lockdowns in 2022 after containing […]
