Scary stories as soft power CURSE STORY Kayako Seiki from The Grudge When I was in high school, everyone was talking about the Japanese horror film, The Ring . It first came out in 1998 but for some reason, we only got wind of it around 2003. We watched it during summer break and it terrified me to...
TOKYO, Japan -- The United States, Japan and South Korea warned Wednesday that a North Korean nuclear test would warrant an "unprecedentedly strong response", vowing unity after a blitz of missile launches from the hermit state. Japan's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori (C), US Deputy...
The arrival of Gilas players seeing action in the Japan B. League is expected to provide additional manpower to the national training team preparing for the fifth window of the FIBA Asia World Cup Asian Qualifiers even as the workouts intensify starting next week. Dwight Ramos (Photo from FIBA)...
K-pop group Seventeen will be holding their first dome tour in Japan in November and December and to mark it, Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya will be turned into “concert play parks.” HYBE Japan will be hosting the “Seventeen Be The Sun The City” to celebrate Seventeen’s upcoming concerts in...
Warning of the “life-or-death” situation of the country’s banana exports, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda on Sunday, Oct. 23, asked President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who also sits as Agriculture secretary, to push for zero tariffs for bananas in Japan. (FILE PHOTO/MANILA...
PERTH, Australia -- Australia and Japan agreed to share sensitive intelligence and deepen defence cooperation Saturday, signing a security pact to counter China's military rise. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shake hands during their visit to...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday instructed his culture minister to launch an investigation into the contentious Unification Church amid opposition pressure and slumping support for his Cabinet. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at...
APPETIZERS Before hoke lunch, and before scallops lunch Japan has just recently reopened its borders to foreign travelers in tour groups. One cannot imagine the eagerness of people to get out and travel. To me, Japan has become what Hong Kong used to be to us Pinoys. For everyone who wanted to...
NAGAKUTE, Japan -- Beyond the gates, a whimsical world awaits, complete with a fluffy Cat Bus, the toothy grin of Totoro and a life-sized No-Face seated on a train: welcome to Ghibli Park. A member of the media takes video of an exhibit of Ghibli character 'Totoro' at Dondoko Forest during a media...
Japan's envoy to the Philippines has encouraged Filipinos to visit the Land of the Rising Sun as it relaxed its borders amid pandemic. In a video message on Tuesday, Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko said individual and group travels to Japan can now be enjoyed as the Covid-19 situation in the country...
Vice President Sara Duterte underscored the importance of her role in strengthening the country’s diplomatic relationships during her first 100 days in office, noting the several meetings she had with the Philippines’ traditional and modern allies. VP Sara Duterte (left) meets Chinese Foreign...
TOKYO, Japan -- A team of police explosives experts in Japan rushed to the scene of a suspicious package in a parking lot this week -- only to find discarded sex toys inside. Police in central Japan's Kakegawa received a call Wednesday morning about an unattended, silver briefcase in the parking...
