The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has risen to a record high of nearly 100,000, its government has announced. Setting a new record for the 55th year in a row, the number of centenarians in Japan was 99,763 as of September, the health ministry said on Friday. Of that total, women […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday co-chaired the second plenary session on the theme “Economy: Co-create Innovative Solutions with Africa”. This is at the ongoing 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan. He co-chaired the session with former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, alongside interventions from Kenyan President William Ruto, Togolese President […]
President John Mahama has declared that the Ghanaian cedi is the best-performing currency in the world this year, as he urged Japanese businesses to seize new investment opportunities in Ghana. Speaking at the Ghana Presidential Investment Forum on the sidelines of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IX) on Wednesday, he said […]
The Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Accra on Monday afternoon for a day’s visit to Ghana. He will hold bilateral talks with President Akufo-Addo on Monday evening. In a pre-departure statement, the Japanese PM said it was a great pleasure to be able to visit Ghana, which plays a pivotal role in West […]
Story by: Nana Boateng Mr. Michael Awuah, the first vice chairman of NPP-Japan branch has reiterated his unflinching support for the running of the ports and harbours by UNIPASS spearheaded by Ghana Link Service Ltd., in conjunction with Customs UNIPASS international Agency (CUPIA), of the Korean Customs Service. He argues that GCNET and its other […]
The Japan branch of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has lauded Ghana’s Ambassador to Japan, H.E. Frank Okyere for the various initiatives he has rolled out in the quest to quell the spread of COVID-19. A statement issued by the branch and signed by Mr. Kwaku Adu, the Acting Communications Director and in the […]
A mother leaves a cardboard cut-out of herself in her one-year-old son’s room to stop him from crying in an ingenious hack for parents. Fuki Sato from Japan puts the print up around the house so her toddler feels like she is there. The boy caught on within 20 minutes the first time, but his father […]
Our online data is already monetized by several technology giants, but one Japanese IT company thinks real-life data could be monetized as well, and it’s willing to pay people to have their everyday life video-recorded and sold to various businesses. Last month, Tokyo-based Plasma.inc made national news headlines for inviting people to take part in […]
Ghana has opened an application centre in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, as part of efforts to improve passport acquisition by Ghanaians living in the Diaspora. Addressing a ceremony on the sidelines of this year’s Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad 7) Ghana’s Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway said […]
The relationship between a Japanese woman and a U.S. Army captain stationed in Syria started online, through an international social network for digital pen pals. It grew into an internet romance over 10 months of daily emails. It ended with the woman $200,000 poorer and on the verge of bankruptcy after borrowing money from her […]
Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Tsutomu Himeno, on Friday paid a courtesy call on former President John Dramani Mahama at the latter’s residence in Accra. Ambassador Himeno conveyed the warm felicitations of the Prime Minister of Japan, and recounted John Mahama’s long standing and personal relationship with Japan. He also restated his country’s commitment to enhancing […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Ghana is well-poised for significant transformation and development, and has welcomed the inclusion and participation of the Japanese investment in that regard. According to President Akufo-Addo, his administration, over the last twenty-three months, has strengthened the Ghanaian macroeconomy, and has brought back discipline in the […]
