TOKYO, Japan- Rescuers in Japan have found more parts of a military helicopter a day after it disappeared from radar with 10 people on board, the coastguard said Friday. Two pilots, two mechanics and six crew members were on board the UH-60JA when it went missing shortly before 4:00 pm local time...
A delegation of Filipino senators led by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri has met with leaders of the both Houses of the Japanese Diet-the House of Councillors this week. For Tuesday’s meeting, the delegation was received by House of Councillors President Otsuji Hidehisa and Vice President...
Kai Sotto and the Hiroshima Dragonflies repeated over the visiting Matthew Wright and the Kyoto Hannaryz with another 76-63 victory in the Japan B.League on Sunday, April 2. The Filipino import dropped 14 points in their 92-76 win a day prior, before flirting with a double-double performance of 11...
The Philippines and Japan held their 5th Maritime Dialogue on Wednesday, March 29, in Tokyo where the top nations discussed “issues of mutual interests,” including the “vital waterways” of the disputed South China Sea. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the...
Flexing its military muscle in the Indo-Pacific, the United States has sent one of its warships, USS America (LHA 6), to Manila for a five-day port visit that came at the heels of shows of force of superpowers in the region. America, an America-class amphibious assault, has docked in the Philippines...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan and Germany pledged closer defence ties and cooperation on diversifying supply chains as Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met in Tokyo Saturday. Scholz is on his second trip to Japan in less than a year, and came with six ministers for...
Kai Sotto delivered 21 points to lift Hiroshima past Ibaraki, 90-72, for back-to-back victories in the 2022-23 Japan B.League on Saturday, March 18, at the Adastria Mito Arena in Ibaraki. The Dragonflies leaned on their decent second-quarter production of 18-9 to outscore the Robots and greet the...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday pledged to boost child allowances and paid parental leave as he warned the country faced its "last chance" to tackle a declining population. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida leaves after a press conference at his official residence...
Japan has provided the Philippines a P25.2-million worth of grant for the construction and procurement of various facilities and equipment across the country as Tokyo expressed commitment to help local communities for sustainable growth and development. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines...
The Philippine government is seeking grants and loans from foreign governments to be able to fill the shortage of hundreds of thousands of classrooms nationwide. Department of Education Undersecretary Epimaco Densing said Thursday that grants from other countries or foreign governments as well as...
Kai Sotto dropped 20 points to lift Hiroshima past Matthew Wright’s Kyoto, 102-95, in the 2022-23 Japan B.League on Wednesday, March 15, at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall. The Filipino import had a decent 9-of-14 shooting clip in 23 minutes of action laced with eight rebounds and a steal to help...
Various equipment that came from Japan to help in the clean-up of the oil spill off Oriental Mindoro have arrived in the Philippines. According to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Philippine government already received on Monday the gears to support the environmental efforts....
