The Japanese Government has appointed their first ministry in charge of loneliness in a bid to curb the high suicide rate in the country.

The Asian country becomes the second country in the world to have such a ministry in Governance.

The new minster Tetsushi Sakamoto has been tasked to take charge of national matters with regards to individuals who are lonely for widely different reasons.

Women’s suicide rate has been on the rise in Japan. Sakamoto will be working to ensure the rate at which women commit suicide in Japan decrease.

Many of these suicide deaths in Japan have been identified to be related to relationship issues with partners.

The new minister will also be working to ensure people who have become affected directly and indirectly in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic are supported.

Elon Musk, Billionaire bounced back strongly to become the world’s richest man after a daily gain of $9.81 billion on Wednesday, February 24.

Tesla, Musk’s company surged back to $190 billion, after the electric car company’s shares recorded impressive gains of 6.18%, thereby putting the market value of Tesla at $712 billion coupled with the SpaceX he founded completing another funding round, pushing him atop the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the third time in 2021.

The gains pushed Musk past Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, who is now worth $185 billion and had a few days ago reclaimed the title as the world’s richest person after Tesla shares plunged to record levels.

Tesla Inc stocks were on a record buying spree at Wednesday’s trading session, indicating that global investors are buying the dip following a four-day plunge that erased the world’s most valuable car company year-to-date gains.

Recent reports say SpaceX raised another $850 million this month from a group of leading institutional investors led by Sequoia Capital.

Such investment now puts SpaceX’s valuation at $74 billion, a 60% jump from August, and helped boost Musk’s net worth by about $11 billion, according to the index.

Lionel Messi, Argentine superstar brought his A-game to fire Barcelona past Elche in the Spanish Laliga Santander.

The five-time Ballon D’Or winner scored twice to help his club return to winning ways. After a boring goalless draw in the first 45 minutes, it looks like the Catalan giants were heading for another disastrous result.

Messi stepped up to put his side in front of a Martin Braithwaite assist just minutes into the first half, he doubled his team’s lead with his second of the game before Spanish left-back, Jordi Alba put the visitors to the sword.

His two goals mean, he is now the leading top scorer in Laliga, 2 more than his former teammate and now Atletico Madrid striker, Luis Suarez.