A Filipino mountaineer passed away while trekking in the Northern Japan Alps on Oct. 12, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The DFA confirmed the report on Friday, Oct. 17, disclosing that the Filipino hiker succumbed to hypothermia. According to the DFA, the Filipino national was in a...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko has thanked the government for its support ​to Tokyo​'s move to discharge treated radioactive water into the sea. ​"Japan deeply appreciates the Philippine government's understanding of the release of treated water from...
The Philippines has expressed no opposition to Japan's move to release into the sea the wastewaters from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippines "recognizes the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s technical expertise" on...
Japan is set to discharge the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) treated water that contains radioactive substances into the sea on Thursday, August 24. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko disclosed Tokyo’s plan which was made Tuesday, upon International...
This idyllic town nestled in the ‘Vietnamese Alps’ has until lately been beyond reach, except to the most intrepid of travelers THE ROOFTOP OF INDOCHINA Above the clouds on the Fansipan summit, the highest peak in all of Indochina I might have been in Grasse on the scent of Jean-Baptiste...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The famous snow-capped peaks of the Alps are fading fast and being replaced by vegetation cover -- a process called "greening" that is expected to accelerate climate change, a study said Thursday. The research, published in Science, was based on 38 years of satellite...
Inspired by the golden hour over the Swiss Alps, La Prairie reveals the secret to a radiant complexion and inner glow THE GOLDEN HOUR The lofty summits of the Swiss Alps in gilded glory at dusk For the latest of La Prairie’s breakthroughs, the Pure Gold Collection, nature, science, and...
