Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss […]
The Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Brigadier General Paul Seidu Tanye-Kulono, has highlighted the successful implementation of Ghana’s 24-hour economy policy at the nation’s ports, describing it as a transformative initiative that is enhancing efficiency, boosting trade facilitation and strengthening the competitiveness of Ghana’s maritime sector. Speaking to journalists on the […]
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 […]
