Japan’s Kashima Antlers have sacked manager Masatada Ishii five months after he steered them to the Club World Cup final, officials said Wednesday. The 50-year-old was dismissed after Kashima beat China’s Guangzhou Evergrande 2-1 in the last 16 of the Asian Champions League on Tuesday, only to crash out of the competition on away goals. … Read more
Citi Sports editor, Nathan Quao, returns with his column and this week, his attention is on the Ghana Premier League Week 16, the Black Starlets’ loss to Mali in the AFCON U17 final and Arsenal’s victory in the FA Cup final. It seems Kotoko chose a good time to get their first win in the … Read more
African Union; its mandate, failure and what needs to be done “I dream of the realisation of the unity of Africa whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.” Nelson Mandela HISTORY OF AFRICAN UNION … Read more
Japan is setting the stage for its first imperial abdication in two centuries after the government on Friday approved a bill that will eventually allow 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to step down. Here are five things to know about Japan’s royals: The Japanese imperial family is believed to be the world’s oldest, with a myth-filled history … Read more
The Japanese government has approved a one-off bill that allows ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in what would be the first such abdication in two centuries. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet signed off on the legislation on Friday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters. The bill will now be … Read more
The Japanese government on Friday approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in the first such abdication in two centuries. The bill will now be sent to parliament for debate and likely receive swift final approval, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s … Read more
A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The 25-year-old eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito will become engaged to law firm worker Kei Komuro, also 25, whom she met while studying together. Japan’s imperial law requires a princess to leave the royal family after marrying … Read more
A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The 25-year-old eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito will become engaged to law firm worker Kei Komuro, also 25, whom she met while studying together. Japan’s imperial law requires a princess to leave the royal family after marrying … Read more
A Taiwanese man was arrested Thursday for decapitating his sister in front of horrified neighbours, a week after another killer was jailed for beheading a three-year-old girl in the street. The brutal crimes have shocked the largely peaceful island. The 54-year-old man, identified by his family name Lin, beheaded his sister with a kitchen knife … Read more
A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The 25-year-old eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito will become engaged to law firm worker Kei Komuro, also 25, whom she met while studying together. Japan’s imperial law requires a princess to leave the royal family after marrying … Read more
Emperor Akihito’s granddaughter’s upcoming engagement to her college sweetheart, a commoner, will cost the princess her royal status in a move that highlights the male-dominated nature of Japan’s monarchy as it faces a potential succession crisis. Public broadcaster NHK broke the story of Princess Mako’s engagement late Tuesday, sending the country into a tizzy with … Read more
A Taiwanese man who decapitated a three-year-old girl in public on a busy Taipei street escaped the death penalty Friday as he was sentenced to life in prison. Wang Ching-yu, 34, had pleaded guilty to killing the child in a crime that shocked the generally peaceful island after overpowering her mother near a metro station. … Read more
Fat wads of bank notes move across counters in Old Delhi’s gold and diamond district in one of many challenges to six months of Indian government efforts to suffocate the black market. Cash has been king in the musty narrow streets of Chandni Chowk since the jewellery market was set up by Emperor Shah Jahan … Read more
This latest installment concludes our three-part series! We strongly believe that looking seriously into this matter of potential conflict of interest falls within the jurisdiction of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). What rather bothers us at this point is the extent to which our institutions are politicized and what the implication … Read more
A Circuit Court in Accra has ordered the arrest of a Reggae/Hi-life Artiste for failing to appear before it in a £25,000 stealing case. When the matter was called, M. C. Morinton Kobby, otherwise known as Emperor Messiah, who is alleged to have absconded with the said money, could not be found, hence prosecution prayed … Read more
A Circuit Court in Accra has ordered the arrest of a Reggae/Hi-life Artiste for failing to appear before it in a £25,000 stealing case. When the matter was called M. C. Morinton Kobby aka Emperor Messiah who is alleged to have absconded with the said money could not be found, hence prosecution prayed the court … Read more
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom was the 2016 flagbearer of the PPP “…But the people are tired of listening to and reading about hope when we face senseless deaths on our roads, in our hospitals and homes; when politically clothed groups act with impunity; and when our farms and rivers are destroyed. All we need are … Read more
Ghanaian Rastafarian, Ras Kuuku has stated in an interview he recently had that he strongly believes the second coming of Jesus Christ, one of the most anticipated guests, has already occurred. Speaking to Berla Mundi on her show, the Raggae/Dancehall artiste said that Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie’s life on earth was indeed the second coming … Read more
Japan’s century-old imperial proclamation urging people to be willing to die for the emperor was consigned to history books until video surfaced showing children in an Osaka kindergarten enthusiastically reciting it. A cabinet decision allowing schools to teach the long-banished edict, which was used to promote militarism in the 1930s and 1940s, has delighted hardcore … Read more
Easter, the Christian celebration that comes off every year’s spring, sweeping four whole days all to itself, is one of the interesting topics we’d love to talk about. From the first day you breathed the air of life into your nostrils, it has been coming and going. But unlike some other annual celebrations, Easter has … Read more