Japan will set up around 1,000 "consultation centres" for businesses hit by US tariffs, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday

Global stock markets were a sea of red Monday and investors fled to gold ahead of a wave of US tariffs this week that have fuelled recession fears. Tokyo plunged more than four percent, leading losses across global stock markets as uncertainty over President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcements due on his "Liberation Day" on…

The federal government has secured a 12 billion Japanese Yen (N123.2 billion) credit facility from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to achieve sustainable and resilient agriculture under the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket (NAGS-AP). The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, disclosed this during a meeting with JICA's Economic Development…

Japan's justice minister on Friday asked a legal panel to review the country's retrial system after the acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner last year heightened scrutiny of a system often labelled the "Unopenable Door". Keisuke Suzuki tasked the panel of legal experts with scrutinising Japan's retrial process to recommend any necessary revisions,…

The world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, won compensation from Japan this week after almost five decades in jail -- and he owes his freedom to a judge with steely determination. The former boxer, now 89, was exonerated last year of a 1966 quadruple murder after a tireless campaign by his sister and others.…

Japan have never gone beyond the last 16 at a World Cup but they have set themselves the ambitious target of winning next year's tournament after dominating in Asian qualifying. Hajime Moriyasu's side became the first team to punch their ticket to the 2026 competition in the United States, Canada and Mexico when they beat…

US aviation giant Boeing on Tuesday said it had finalized a firm order from Japan Airlines for 17 737 MAX 8 aircraft, almost doubling the airline's overall orders of the plane. "The 737 has been the backbone of our single-aisle fleet for nearly 50 years, and we are honored to continue its legacy as part…

Japan, South Korea and China agreed Saturday that peace on the Korean peninsula was a shared responsibility, Seoul's foreign minister said, in a meeting of the three countries' top diplomats in which they pledged to promote cooperation. The talks followed a rare trilateral summit in May in Seoul where the neighbours -- riven by historical…

Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has said that the commitment to circular economy principles in reducing waste, reusing materials, and prioritising recycling would remain at the forefront of Nigeria's environmental agenda to ensure minimal environmental impact. Lawal gave the assurance during the commissioning of $2.9 million Japanese government-funded waste recycling equipment at Environmental Expressions…

Japan can become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup this week while Son Heung-min will try to forget his Tottenham woes by firing South Korea to the finals. Asian nations play two rounds of games, on Thursday and Tuesday, as qualifying for the enlarged 48-team tournament in North America approaches the…

The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it could soon fall even further from grace. Authorities said in October 2023 they were seeking to dissolve the influential sect, founded in South Korea and nicknamed the "Moonies" after its late founder, Sun Myung Moon. The…

Two Japanese tourists in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China and then deported for taking photos showing one of the traveller's exposed buttocks at the Great Wall, local media reported. The incident at the World Heritage site near Beijing concerned a man who showed his bottom and a woman who took photos,…