The Japan Ambassador to the Philippines has expressed his support on Thursday, Sept. 9, on the appointment of the new Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commandant, saying it would ensure promotion of safe and peace in the Indo-Pacific region. (L-R) PCG Commandant Vice Admiral Leopoldo Laroya, DOTr...
Photo from PBA Dwight Ramos said the lucrative opportunity of signing with the Toyama Grouses in Japan’s B.League was something that he couldn’t pass up. Ramos joined the growing list of Filipino cagers heading to the Land of Rising Sun after inking a one-year deal with the Grouses, thus...
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) have wrapped up their agricultural and agrarian development cooperation in Mindanao after nine years of implementation. On September 2, a project exit conference was held in General Santos City to celebrate the...
A Japanese agricultural council is aiming to grant farmers in Benguet a solar-powered cold storage facility that will preserve local produce and eventually eliminatie post-harvest losses. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) But Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar said...
The Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. (JCR) affirmed the Philippines’ credit rating, but it expects a slow pace economic recovery this year due to the rapidly spreading Delta variant. Japan Credit Rating In a statement, JCR said Monday, Sept. 6, that it maintained the credit rating for the...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) have finally concluded a nine-year project that supported farming communities in most conflict areas in Mindanao that were lacking vital rural infrastructure and capacity-building measures to make their...
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccines that arrived in the Philippines are not included in the batches under investigation in Japan, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assured Friday, Sept. 3. A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus vaccine...
A Philippine-based climate justice advocacy group on Friday urged the governments of the United States, China and Japan to immediately end public and private funding for overseas coal projects and other fossil fuels. Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) The US, Japan, and China...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will not run for his ruling party's leadership, effectively ending his tenure and throwing wide open the race for the next premier. Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (AFP) The shock decision after just a year in office comes...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko on Thursday congratulated the people behind the successful launch of Philippine-made Maya-3 and Maya-4 CubeSats to the International Space Station calling it a “new high” in the Japan-Philippines cooperation. Japanese Ambassador to the...
Flooding woes in some areas in Imus and Bacoor, Cavite are expected to be addressed by the end of the year when the construction of two major retarding basins in the province is completed. ANTI-FLOOD--These Japan-designed retarding basins are expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2021....
Over the next few years, our country will have new bridges, namely the Cebu-Cordova Bridge, Binondo-Intramuros Bridge, and the proposed Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge. These bridges will become part of our nation’s identity and tourism asset, and they are led by the iconic San Juanico Bridge,...
