TOKYO, Japan -- Japan will hold a state funeral for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe on September 27, the government announced Friday, with foreign leaders expected to attend. People line up to place flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station, where former Japanese...
The Philippines and Japan are joining hands to implement a five-year project that aims to enhance the vegetable value chain in the country. (Photo courtesy of DA) Dubbed Market-Driven Enhancement of Vegetable Value Chain in the Philippines (MV2C), the project will be implemented by the Department...
In the late ’60s, I had the blessed opportunity to travel to Japan with my mom and brother Bong. The only thing I remember was a lunch of delicious steak cooked over volcanic rocks. I never forgot that meal. Kimpura was the only Japanese restaurant I knew about. I loved their food and it was...
Gilas Pilipinas faces a daunting task of advancing to the quarterfinals as it battles the red-hot Japan on Tuesday, July 19 in the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup at Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia. Thirdy Ravena (left) and Kevin Quiambao (FIBA) The Filipinos had the chance to take a much easier route to...
Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense Iwamoto Tsuyohito visited the country and paid a courtesy call on top defense and military officials as both countries look to establish stronger cooperation in the field of security. Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense of Japan Vice Minister...
More than 200 Filipino nurses and care workers have been deployed to Japan this week. Filipino nurses and care workers deployed to Japan on July 13 to 15, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines) According to the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines, a total of 213 care...
Last June 30, 2022, DoubleDragon Corporation's subsidiaries DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd. and Hotel101 Worldwide Private Limited has executed and paid the required payment deposit in the sales contract signed for the purchase of a prime 9,000-square meter land for its first international Hotel101...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that "maximum caution" is necessary amid a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Japan. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Photo from Xinhua) The prime minister's remarks were made as the government confirmed 97,788 new infections...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino On July 8, 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in the streets of Nara, Japan. I was deeply saddened by the passing of a strong and admirable leader. I had the opportunity to meet him before and to this day, I still remember his...
TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo court Wednesday ordered former executives from the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant involved in the 2011 disaster to pay around 13 trillion yen ($94.8 billion) in damages, local media said. Four ex-bosses of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) were ordered to pay the...
On behalf of the Philippine Senate, acting Senate President Pro Tempore Juan Miguel Zubiri expressed condolences for the tragic passing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ‘’I had visited the Residence of Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko this morning to sign the Book of...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, July 11, sent her condolences to the Japanese government and people for the demise of the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and condemned what she called the “senseless violence” that led to it. In a Facebook post, Duterte shared...
