The local unit of international cigarette giant Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is urging the government to address the growing illicit trading activities in the country amid the coronavirus crisis. In a statement, John Freda, JTI Philippines general manager, said over the weekend...
Yuka Saso (File Photo) Filipino-Japanese Yuka Saso failed on her ‘comeback’ bid as she carded a four-over par 76 to finish tied for 13th in the JLPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup Sunday in Okayama, Japan. Saso, who was in joint fourth place to start the final round, managed a...
Filipina golfer Yuka Saso birdied the final hole to stay two shots behind going into the final round of the Japan LPGA Championship. (File Photo) Yuka Saso finally birdied the par-5 18th hole on Saturday and produced a 69 to stay on track for a first major triumph in the rich Japan LPGA...
Yuka Saso (File Photo) Rookie Yuka Saso turned in a two-under 70 despite a final-hole mishap to stay two shots off new leader halfway through the Japan LPGA Championship at the JFE Setonaikai Golf Club in Okayama on Friday. Korean Hee Kyung Bae grabbed the lead after firing a 67, her 136 total...
Filipina golfer Yuka Saso bags her first win in the JLPGA tournament. (File Photo) If it were basketball, Filipino-Japanese Yuka Saso would have surely taken the last shot, or delivered during penalty situation in football, or scored a home run with two strikes on her in the ninth inning of a tied...
Saso takes 2nd win in JLPGA Tour, gets P16.5M cash reward Yuka Saso bags the Japan LPGA Nitori Ladies title, her second win in the JLPGA Tour. Filipino-Japanese Yuka Saso won by two strokes with a one-under par 71 which gave her the Japan LPGA Nitori Ladies golf tournament title Sunday at the Otaru...
Filipina golfer Yuka Saso (File Photo) Filipino-Japanese Yuka Saso carded a three-under par 69 to grab the lead in the Japan LPGA Nitori Ladies golf tournament Friday at the Otaru Country Golf Club in Hokkaido, Japan. Saso, gold medalist in the 2018 Asian Games – both in the individual and...
Asian games gold medalist takes home P6.58M prize money Filipina golfer Yuka Saso bags her first win in the JLPGA tournament. (File Photo) Asian Games gold medalist Yuka Saso finally won in the Japan LPGA Tour as she fired a 9-under par 63 to rule the NEC Karuizawa Tournament Sunday in...
Mon Confiado in a scene from 'Golden Holiday' The screening of three international films wait in the wings for Mon Confiado. On Instagram, the 52-year-old actor posted a photo of himself while doing the South Korean action-adventure-crime film "The Golden Holiday" directed by Kim Bong-han. The...
Scene from 'Family Romance, LCC' Los Angeles Award-winning auteur Werner Herzog offers “Family Romance, LLC,” a film shot in Japan with mostly Japanese-speaking non-actors. The film is about a man (Yuichi Ishii) who owns a business called Family Romance that serves as an agency to provide...
Collegiate stars Jack Animam of National University, Ateneo's Thirdy Ravena and Kenneth Tuffin of Far Eastern University. (UAAP Images) The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas hailed the decision of Thirdy Ravena, Kenneth Tuffin and Jack Animam to take their talents overseas, adding it will only...
Well, what do you know, the first person to ever own a master’s degree in ninja studies is Japanese Genichi Mitsuhashi in training Two years ago, Mie University established the International Ninja Research Center in the mountainous province of Iga in Japan. They became the first school in the...
