TOKYO, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press) -- The Japan Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency heavy rain warnings to some municipalities in the central prefectures of Toyama and Ishikawa on Thursday morning. Torrential rain started pummeling the Noto Peninsula area in central Japan early Thursday. The...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- The Japanese government plans to diversify its crude oil suppliers beyond the Middle East amid ongoing instability in the region, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday. Takaichi unveiled comprehensive measures to strengthen the country 's energy security and...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan said Wednesday, Aug. 26, that there was "no reason" for her to be placed under U.S. sanctions. "I can say with certainty that there is no reason for me to be sanctioned," Akane said during an online press conference...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- The defense ministers of Japan, Australia and Indonesia agreed to deepen defense cooperation among the three countries, in their first-ever trilateral talks on Wednesday. The three ministers, Shinjiro Koizumi of Japan, Richard Marles of Australia and Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin of...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his visiting Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, confirmed Wednesday (Aug. 26) they will closely cooperate to seek the participation of countries using the Strait of Hormuz in ongoing talks on its future....
A 29-year-old unemployed man known as "Bossing" was arrested after allegedly selling shabu to a poseur-buyer in a buy-bust operation that yielded 71.10 grams of suspected shabu worth P483,480 in Las Piñas City early Thursday, Aug. 27. Las Piñas Police chief Col. Fermin Armendarez said Bossing, a...
A 34‑year‑old security guard tagged as one of Las Piñas City’s most wanted persons was arrested Wednesday night, Aug. 26, after more than eight years of evading authorities in connection with a frustrated homicide case. Las Piñas Police chief Col. Fermin Armendares identified the suspect as...
UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal (AP) — Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed at least 75 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in parts of the Himalayan country to a halt. Officials in...
Twenty-five Las Piñeros have received livelihood packages from the Department of Labor and Employment–National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR) to help them start or expand income-generating activities. The assistance was distributed during a program held at the PhilFIDA Gymnasium in Barangay Talon Dos...
Photos of ongoing airside work at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 that were recently posted on social media show only part of a broader rehabilitation program that is still underway, according to a source working on the project. One photo showed a newly installed passenger...
The Manila city government and the Department of Migrant Workers–National Capital Region (DMW‑NCR) signed an agreement on Aug. 26 to provide jobs and livelihood aid to returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso joined officials from the DMW,...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay said Wednesday, Aug. 26, that the city government is incorporating locally sourced textiles into employees’ uniforms to highlight Filipino craftsmanship and bolster the local textile industry. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, Binay signed an agreement with the Department of...
