Ghanaian songster Gyakie, Nigerian superstars Rema, Ruger to rock Tokyo, Osaka in July

Ghanaian songster Gyakie, Nigerian superstars Rema, Ruger to rock Tokyo, Osaka in July

Nigerian superstars Rema and Ruger are leading the charge as Afrobeat icons are set to thrill millions of music lovers in Japan in July 2025. Afrobeats stars Rema and Ruger are heading to Japan this July for Afro Jam Festival 2025, a celebration of African, Caribbean, and global sounds. The festival, known for bringing together artists from around the world, will feature performances across multiple cities. Rema, the hitmaker behind […]

April 10, 2025

Africa

Japan commits to offer technical support to Ghana to boost rice production

By Emmanuel Akyereko Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that Japan has committed to offer Ghana technical support to boost rice production in the West African nation. The Minister made the announcement after holding a bilateral engagement with the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Her Excellency Suzuki Momoko and Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Ghana. The sector Minister further disclosed that Ghana will explore […]

April 7, 2025

Nigerian soccer player makes a big revelation about Japan

Africa

Nigerian soccer player makes BIG revelation about Japan that will SHOCK most people in Africa

By Emmanuel Akyereko A Nigerian soccer player in Japan has made a big revelation about the East Asian country that most people living in Africa will struggle to believe. Simon Chibueze Christian is a 24-year-old soccer player, who is currently on the books of Osaka City SC, has been staying in Japan for the past seven months after embarking on a second spell in Japan. The striker had his initial […]

March 14, 2025

Tomiko Itooka celebrated her 116th birthday on 23 May 2024

Japan

World’s oldest human dies at 116 years old in Japan

The Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, the oldest recorded person in the world, has been confirmed dead in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture. Itooka, 116, died in a nursing home in Ashiya on Friday. She was the world's living oldest person according to the Guinness World Records. She became the world's oldest person after Spain's Maria Branyas Morera who passed away at the age of 117 years old last year August. Ms Itooka […]

January 4, 2025

Japan

Japanese companies hiring more foreign workers to cater for labour shortages

About 65 percent of Japanese companies have resolved to hiring foreign workers to cover for the labour shortages in the country, an official government survey has revealed. Respondent companies said foreign workers are employed with the expectation that they will perform as well or better than Japanese staff. Around 18.5 percent cited efforts to promote diversity, the labor ministry survey said. In the midst of Japan's graying and declining population, […]

December 26, 2024

Japan