The Pasig Magokoro Elderly Care Facility highlighted the continuing Philippines-Japan cooperation in strengthening elderly care and improving services for senior citizens. Japanese government and Department of Health (DOH) officials visited the facility on Aug. 20 as part of the 4th...
TOKYO, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi emphasized the importance of the International Criminal Court, in a video message to a meeting of Asian and African officials in Tokyo on Monday. Motegi did not mention the sanctions imposed last week by the administration...
UNIQLO Philippines gathered government officials, local artists, educators, business leaders, and cultural partners on July 29 to mark seven decades of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Japan. The cultural event took place at the UNIQLO Manila Global Flagship Store in Glorietta 5,...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to reshuffle her cabinet and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party 's executive lineup in mid- or late September, informed sources said Friday. This would be the first cabinet reshuffle since Takaichi took office last October....
TOKYO (AP) — A moderate earthquake rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early Sunday, injuring more than 30 people, most of them lightly, officials said. There was no danger of a tsunami. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 and...
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Saturday, Aug. 22, announced the entry into force of the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) between the Philippines and Japan, a framework that allows the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to...
TOKYO (AP) — A man who killed five people by setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009 was hanged Friday in Japan 's first execution by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's government as the country faces growing calls for more transparency and the abolition of capital punishment. Sunao...
NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, on Thursday confirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation in maritime security and on defense equipment, with the aim of stabilizing the Indo-Pacific region....
KANUMA, Tochigi Pref., Aug. 20 (Jiji Press) -- Four male workers in their 50s and 60s died on Thursday after being hit by a limited express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The accident happened around 10:45 a.m. at Shin-Kanuma Station on Tobu Railway Co. 's Nikko Line...
TOKYO, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press) -- Japan 's Defense Ministry plans to seek a record 8.9 trillion yen in its budget request for fiscal 2027, up from 8,845.4 billion yen for the current fiscal year. The amount of spending, however, is likely to swell further in a draft government budget to be...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed Wednesday (Aug. 19) that it is important to ensure free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil transport waterway, without additional costs, such as transit fees. In their...
CANBERRA, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles, agreed on Tuesday to further expand defense equipment cooperation between the two countries, including in the fields of laser technology and missile testing, to strengthen...
