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April 23, 2021 No Responses

Tokyo Motor Show Cancelled, First Time In 67 Years

The Tokyo Motor Show has been cancelled for the first time in its 67-year history due to rising coronavirus virus cases. The cancellation of the event comes even as the organisers of the Summer Olympics push ahead with their plans. It...

March 30, 2021 No Responses

Japan’s Ports Waive Fees For LNG, Hydrogen-Powered Ships

The Tokyo Port is waiving port entry fees for LNG-powered and hydrogen-powered vessels as a way of encouraging greater uptake of these fuels in the maritime sector. The waiver is set to enter into force on April 1 running for...

May 18, 2020 No Responses

Japan Falls Into Recession

Japan has fallen into recession as the financial toll of the coronavirus continues to escalate. The world’s third biggest economy shrank 3.4% in the first three months of 2020 compared to a year ago, its biggest slump since 2015. The...

January 12, 2020 No Responses

Firm Secures Contract For Another FPSO Vessel

Japanese FPSO supplier, MODEC has signed a contract with Woodside Energy to supply a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Senegal’s first offshore oil development project. MODEC currently operates three FPSOs in Ghana and Côte ...

August 31, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Welcomes Investments From Japan Bank, Toyota

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday held investment talks with top officials of Japan Bank for International Cooperation, and Toyota Group, at the margins of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7), holding in Yokohama, Japan....

August 30, 2019 No Responses

Elumelu To Japan: Partner With Us In Empowering African Entrepreneurs

Foremost African investor and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu, has challenged the Government of Japan to invest 5% of its $50billion commitment to Africa, in empowering African entrepreneurs. In keynote speech, delivered before global leaders, at the 7th ...

August 27, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu In Japan, To Address Conference On African Development

Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), taking place in Yokohama, Japan from August 28– 30,...