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...
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...
