TOKYO, Japan -- Japan logged 249,830 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, posting a record high amid concerns over the overburdened medical system due to the quickly surging number. People wearing face masks walk on a street in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu) It was the second...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's health ministry has approved the use of a smallpox vaccine believed to be effective against monkeypox. The smallpox vaccine approved by the ministry is thought to be 85 percent effective against monkeypox, health officials said. The move came after Japan confirmed two cases...
The Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), delivered emergency disaster relief goods to the Philippines on Tuesday, August 2, in the aftermath of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Northern Luzon. (Photo courtesy of Japan Embassy) Aiming to support the current...
The Government of Japan and UNICEF Philippines turned over 400 educational tablets containing digital learning materials in select mother tongues of Eastern Visayas to support at least 800 Samar and Norther Samar learners classified as non-readers and struggling readers. UNICEF Philippines Digital...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan confirmed its second case of monkeypox on Thursday, with a man in his 30s testing positive in Tokyo, according to an official. The man, who had been overseas, has been hospitalized, the Tokyo metropolitan official said, but his condition is stable. Japan confirmed its first...
TOKYO, Japan -- Local authorities in Japan's Yamaguchi city said Monday they are turning to tranquiliser guns to confront marauding monkeys that have injured 42 people in recent weeks. Pixabay Japanese macaques are seen commonly across large parts of the country, and are a pest in some areas,...
TOKYO, Japan -- Dozens of people were urged to evacuate their homes after a fiery volcanic eruption in southern Japan on Sunday as the national weather agency issued its top-level alert for the mountain. Television footage showed red-hot rocks and dark plumes exploding from Sakurajima volcano in...
Department of National Defense (DND) Officer-in-Charge Jose Faustino Jr. met with the incoming and outgoing defense attaches of Japan to the Philippines on Thursday, July 21. (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) Col. Nakano Yu, outgoing Japanese defense attache, and his successor,...
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...
