Tag: JAPAN

Tinubu departs Abuja on a two-nation visit

Aminu Imam
Tinubu departs

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today, Thursday, for a two-nation trip to Japan and Brazil. According to a statement issued yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, the President will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), before proceeding to Japan. In Japan, President Tinubu will attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in the City of Yokohama from August 20 to 22. With the theme: “Co-create Innovative Solutions with Africa,” TICAD9 will focus on Africa’s economic transformation and…

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Japan dismisses reports of possible Tokyo Olympics cancellation due to Covid-19

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Japans government on Sunday dismissed suggestions that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics scheduled for this summer could be cancelled owing to the coronavirus pandemic. We have decided the venues and schedule, and the people involved are working on preparations, including infection control, government spokesman Katsunobu Kato was quoted as saying. The statement came after reports quoted Taro Kono, the minister for administrative and regulatory reform, as saying that anything can happen and it could go either way with the Games postponed from last year. The government, local organisers and the International…

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