Former Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki has died aged 79, according to his organization. Inoki – who was one of Japan’s most well-known wrestlers – famously faced boxing great Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976. The New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) – an organization promoting Japanese wrestling that Inoki founded in 1972 – tweeted Saturday that it was “deeply saddened at the passing of our …
Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Tsutomu Himeno, on Friday paid a courtesy call on former President John Dramani Mahama at the latter’s residence in Accra. Ambassador Himeno conveyed the warm felicitations of the Prime Minister of Japan, and recounted John Mahama’s long standing and personal relationship with Japan. He also restated his country’s commitment to enhancing its cooperation with the Republic …
A Japanese billionaire’s tweet has emerged the most retweeted of all time after he offered to give away £7,000 to 100 randomly selected Twitter users. Yusaku Maezawa, the founder and CEO of Japan’s largest online fashion retailer Zozotown ousted the previous record set by teenager Carter Wilkinson’s appeal for free chicken nuggets for a year back in May 2017. Mr. Yusaku received …
