LAGOS MMARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook off the coast near Fukushima, Japan – the site of a nuclear disaster in 2011 – late Wednesday, killing four people according to Japanese officials. The earthquake, upgraded from an original 7.3 magnitude, knocked out power to more than 2 million customers across the country and injured 97 people, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Great Britain was stripped of the silver medal it won in the men’s 4x100m relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo last August on Friday after Chijindu Ujah’s anti-doping violation was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, according to Reuters. Ujah tested positive for Ostarine and S-23, both of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire swept through a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka, the local fire department said. The blaze is being treated as suspected arson, the Kyodo news agency said, quoting police sources saying that a man who appeared to be in his 60s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s debt to China, France, Japan, India and Germany rose to $4.26bn as of June 30, 2021 from $3.85bn at the end of 2019, according to data obtained from the Debt Management Office. An analysis of the data showed that the country spent $402.74m in the 18-month period servicing bilateral loans, even…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Japan on Monday announced plans to ban all new foreign arrivals from Tuesday as the new Omicron COVID-19 variant spreads worldwide. “We are taking measures with a strong sense of crisis. The ban comes into effect on Tuesday”, Prime minister, Fumio Kishida, said in a statement on Monday. The move by Japan, which…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coach in Uganda’s Olympic team tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Tokyo on Saturday night, according to Japanese officials. Uganda Olympic Committee President Donald Rukare said the coach, who has not been named, has no symptoms. It’s not yet clear whether the coach, who is in a government facility, will…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to attract new customers and retain old ones, restaurants always make efforts to do something unique. In such one-of-its-kind effort, a restaurant in Japan has included monkeys to serve. The Kayabukiya Tavern is a traditional-style Japanese restaurant. It looks like an ordinary food point with modest premises until one…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-He was tragically outmatched. Pro sumo wrestler Kiyotaka Suetake, known as Shobushi, died yesterday in Tokyo of multiple organ failure brought on by COVID-19, the Japanese Sumo Association announced. The 28-year-old fourth-tier competitor became ill April 4, but hospitals turned him away until four days later, when he began coughing up blood….
