The Philippine economy grew 7 percent during the second quarter, the last three months of the Aquino administration, amid robust spending for the national election held last May, the Philippine Statistics Authority announced Thursday. The growth posted during the April to June period was faster than the 5.9 percent posted a quarter ago as well […]
The Philippines on Thursday formally received one of 10 Japanese patrol vessels provided by an official development assistance loan to improve Manila’s maritime capabilities amid its territorial disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea. The 44-meter multi-role response vessel, which will be named BRP Tubbataha and assigned to the Philippine Coast Guard, was built […]
The Japanese government plans to increase the number of staff at nationwide emergency alert systems in response to North Korea’s recent launches of ballistic missiles.The J-ALERT and Em-Net systems are used to inform people of a missile launch and give an estimate of where it will fall. In February, North Korea launched a rocket in […]
On the 13th day of the Rio Olympics, Japan won 3 gold medals in women’s wrestling.Kaori Icho won in the 58-kilogram category. She’s the first woman to win an individual gold medal in four straight Olympics. In the 48-kilogram category, 22-year-old Eri Tosaka took her first Olympic gold medal.Sara Dosho won in the 69-kilogram category. […]
The global ranking of the Philippines in providing digital and financial inclusion improved to sixth place this year from 15th last year amid the reforms being pursued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), according to a report by Washington-based think tank Brookings Institution. Based on the 2016 Financial and Digital Inclusion Project report titled […]
A safari park employee in Gunma Prefecture died Tuesday after being attacked by a bear which had somehow climbed into her car, local officials and police said. An Asian black bear was seen climbing into a small vehicle at the Gunma Safari Park in Tomioka, and attacking park employee Kiyomi Saito inside the car, a […]
NASA’s Terra satellite flew over Tropical Storm Chanthu as it continued moving past the big island of Japan and staying to the east of the country. On August 15 at 11:00 a.m. EDT (15:00 UTC) the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) indicated that Chanthu was located about 424 nautical miles south-southeast of Yokosuka, Japan, near […]
Hundreds of Japanese and Filipinos have come together to remember people who died in the Philippines during World War Two.About 200 people took part in the ceremony on Monday, August 15th, the day Japan marks the end of the war.They gathered at a monument built by the Japanese government outside the capital Manila. Participants included […]
Hitachi Zosen will construct a garbage-burning power plant in the Manila metropolitan area, the Philippines’ first such facility. The project carries a price tag of around 40 billion yen ($395 million), including the initial investment and costs for running the facility for two decades. The Japanese plant engineering company will create a special-purpose company to […]
Japan on Friday announced it is pouring $2.4 billion into a new railway aimed at easing Manila’s notorious gridlock. Japan, the Philippines’ top trading partner and source of aid, said the 38-kilometer (24-mile) elevated commuter line would connect Manila to nearby Bulacan province to decongest the capital and help spur economic activity. “This is one […]
