Seventeen Japanese companies participated in the business matchmaking event to connect with Filipino business partners and market technologies in agriculture, disaster risk reduction, and the environment. Hosted by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation...
Up to now, Japanese investors mostly in the Philippines' manufacturing sector are still awaiting the refund of value-added tax (VAT) credits totaling P200 billion from the government, a chamber official said. Moving forward, Japanese firms in the country are "fully" supporting the passage of the...
China said on Tuesday, Sept. 3, that it is Japan that is causing trouble in the South China Sea as it defends the Philippines’ fight for sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea. The Chinese Embassy in Manila made another tirade against its Japanese counterpart—this time questioning...
Japan said that its concern regarding developments in the South China Sea is a valid concern after the Chinese Embassy in Manila hit the Japanese ambassador in Manila for defending the Philippines against China's aggression in the waters. The Japanese Embassy in Manila said that the issue with...
A sudden thunderstorm couldn’t keep Tokyo’s comedy fans away from Atsuko Okatsuka’s show in Ginza’s Hulic Hall on July 16. Okatsuka was back in Tokyo this week for another run of her Full Grown tour in Japan and other new stops in Asia and Oceania. Fresh from her three, sold out shows in...
ILOILO CITY – A Japanese artist has completed his more than a month walkathon on Panay Island. JAPANESE artist Tappei Noguchi pulling a tire while walking around Panay Island. (From Tappei Noguchi Facebook) Tappei Noguchi completed his journey on July 4 when he arrived in Roxas City, the capital...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (right) meeting his Japanese counterpart, Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga (left) at the Tokyo parliamentary building (Speaker's Office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez said on Monday, June 18, that the bilateral...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) wants to increase agriculture exports with the help of Japan’s new envoy to Manila. During the courtesy meeting between Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. and the newly appointed Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya, the officials delved into the...
Japanese actors Kaneko Shunya and Nomura Kota star in the BL (boys’ love) series “Perfect Propose” that is available on streaming platform GagaOOLala . In “Perfect Propose (パーフェクトプロポーズ)," rising actor Kaneko Shunya (金子 隼也) plays the role of Hirokuni Watari, who...
The international community did not go silent on Saturday, March 23, when Chinese troops made yet another water cannon attack on a Philippine vessel traversing the West Philippine Sea. China’s Coast Guard fired water cannon on resupply ship Unaizah May 4 while traversing the waters off...
Japanese Ambassador-designate to Manila Endo Kazuya is excited to witness the “golden age” of the Philippines-Japan Strategic Partnership as he begins his tour of duty in Manila. Japanese Ambassador-designate to Manila Endo Kazuya (Ambassador of Japan in the Philippines screenshot) The...
Japan's new envoy in the Philippines has arrived in Manila. Japanese Ambassador-designate Endo Kazuya landed in the country on Thursday, March 14, to assume the post left by former Japanese ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko. Endo marked his upcoming years-long journey in the Philippines with...
