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...
The world reeled from the shock of the news of the assassination, and after a few hours, the passing of former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He was 67. It was indeed a shock as gun violence is rare in Japan and the manner the crime was done was an aberration in a society that reveres its elders....
Former NorthPort big man Greg Slaughter is taking his act to the Japan B.League after signing a two-year deal with Division II team Rizing Zephy Fukuoka. Greg Slaughter (PBA Images) The 7-foot center and the Rizing Zephyr made the announcement on Saturday, July 9 through their respective social...
TOKYO, Japan -- The suspected killer of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe admitted targeting the politician and said he held a grudge against an organisation he believed Abe was connected to, police said Friday. Senior police officers in the western region of Nara, where the murder took...
Former President Rodrigo Duterte is saddened by the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, a leader whom he described as instrumental in the Philippines' robust ties with Japan. File photo of former President Rodrigo Duterte greeting former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo when the...
