Japanese boy band JO1 member Shosei Ohira will leave the group following the expiration of his exclusive contract on May 31, 2026, his agency Lapone Entertainment announced. In a statement released April 27, the agency said Ohira will “cease activities as a member of JO1” once his contract...
A Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Expert Team has arrived in the Philippines to assist authorities in responding to the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill, the Japanese Embassy in Manila said. The JDR team, which comprises seven members from various Japanese institutions, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino...
Members of Japanese girl group XG announced their second world tour, titled “The Core,” with Manila among its scheduled stops. “See you soon, Alphaz in Bangkok, Manila, Taipei, Melbourne and Sydney,” the group said in a social media post on April 23, referring to their fanbase. The tour...
Since July 23, 1956, the day the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Reparations Agreement between Japan and the Philippines were signed, Japan and the Philippines have sustained a relationship defined by diplomacy, exchange, and a steady interweaving of cultures. What happens when that shared...
&Team, HYBE’s global boy group, has achieved its third consecutive million-selling record with its new album, We on Fire. We on Fire sold 1,090,261 copies on its first day of release, topping South Korea’s Hanteo Chart daily album rankings on April 21. The milestone was announced to the members...
Continuing the year-long celebrations of 70 years of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Japan, the two countries marked the milestone in a different register—through a fashion show that interpreted their shared history in design. In partnership with the Embassy of Japan and the...
2026 marks the 70th anniversary of Philippines-Japan friendship, remembering the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951 and the Philippines-Japan Reparations Agreement in 1956. This year, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the largest implementing agency of official...
SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Italian 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes has won his second consecutive Formula 1 race, taking Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren. Antonelli finished a comfortable 13.7 seconds ahead of the Australian. Charles Leclerc of Ferrari was third...
President Marcos has congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her historic electoral win. In a social media post on Tuesday, Feb. 10, Marcos congratulated the Prime Minister for the victory of her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a snap election held on Feb. 8. “A landslide...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early election on Feb. 8. The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help the governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years, but it will...
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to deepen cooperation between their countries before they let loose with their own surprise cultural exchange in a surprise jam session drumming to K-pop hits. The musical performance between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and...
NARA, Japan (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed Tuesday to step up cooperation in areas including economic security, defense and searching for the remains of Korean forced laborers. The two neighbors are both longtime U.S. allies, but...
