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After finishing as the winners of a group that included Spain and Germany, the 2022 FIFA world cup journey of the Japanese national team came to an end after losing 3-1 on penalties to Croatia. Dominik Livakovic became…

The 2014 World Cup champions, Germany have left the ongoing FIFA tournament in Qatar sooner than expected. Germany was tipped as one of the favorites to win this edition's World Cup edition, however, they finished in 3rd…

Four times world cup winners, Germany were stunned 2-1 by Japan in their Group E opener. Late goals from Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano who play in the German Bundesliga ensured that the Japanese got off to a winning start in Qatar.…

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday, July 8, after being shot by a 41-year-old man during an election speech. Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, was admitted to hospital in grave condition after being shot…

A court in Japan ruled on Monday, June 20, that a ban on same-sex marriage was not unconstitutional, dealing a setback to LGBTQ rights activists in the only Group of Seven nation (G7) that does not allow people of the same gender to…

D’Tigress, Nigeria’s women basketball team, suffered a third consecutive defeat in the hands of Japan at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Monday morning. The Nigerian team, who had a disappointing outing at the summer games lost all three…

Japan's Momiji Nishiya has become one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days on Monday. The teenage girl went from being one…

North Korea has become the first country to withdraw from  2020 Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus concerns. Olympics, which is the biggest sporting event in the world, was already delayed by 12 months over COVID-19 pandemic. It will…

Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto has said next year’s coronavirus-postponed Olympics could be held in front of a “limited number of spectators” to prevent the spread of infection. The Tokyo 2020 games are now scheduled to open…

A Japanese government panel has warned that an tsunami as high as 30 metres could crash in on Hokkaido, an island in Japan if an earthquake of magnitude 9 occurs. Seismologist Kenji Satake, a University of Tokyo professor and head of…

Japanese company Tone Mobile has launched world’s first smartphone which prevent users from taking “inappropriate” (nude) photos in order to protect children from sexual predators. The Tone e20 phone is not a particularly attractive…

The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain on Saturday set a record by paying more than $3 million for a bluefin tuna in the New Year tuna auction at Tokyo’s new fish market. Kiyoshi Kimura, who owns the Sushizanmai chain, paid 333.6…

Japan will grant visas to more foreign workers to address a tight labour market. Critics say the new policy may impact social cohesion and fails to address labour abuse. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s governing coalition on…

A zookeeper has died after he was mauled by a rare white tiger at a zoological park in Japan. Akira Furusho, 40, an experienced employee of the zoo, was found unconscious with severe injuries to his neck at Hirakawa Zoological Park,…

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Transportation, has urged Japan to follow in the footsteps of their Chinese counterpart, and partner Nigeria on concessioning loans. Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transport, stated this when…