Nine Filipino families were successfully evacuated from a town near the epicenter of the powerful 6.6 magnitude quake that shook Italy on Sunday, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). DFA assistant secretary Charles Jose told INQUIRER.net that the Philippine Embassy in Rome evacuated 31 individuals from Norcia on Monday morning upon request. Drone […]
Over 60 pct of companies in Japan are short-staffed, the Finance Ministry said last week. According to a survey by the ministry’s local finance bureaus, 63.2 pct of all respondents are finding it difficult to secure labor. The situation is tougher for small and midsize firms, with 74.7 pct lacking manpower. The survey was carried […]
A Buddhist monk has been arrested on suspicion of using counterfeit money he produced at work in paying a high school girl for a date, police said. Hiroaki Kambe, 28, is suspected of giving fake 10,000 yen bills to the then 17-year-old girl on March 29 as the “fee” for a date at a hotel […]
Food product maker Hagoromo Foods Corp. said Thursday that it sold a can of tuna that contained an insect believed to be a cockroach, which apparently got inside during the manufacturing process. The can of Sea Chicken tuna was produced in December 2014 and sold at a supermarket in Yamanashi Prefecture. A customer told the […]
A week has passed since a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Tottori Prefecture in western Japan. Prefectural officials say 18 people in 7 municipalities have been treated at hospitals for injuries and health problems. More than 2,600 houses were damaged. The prefecture’s agriculture suffered damage totaling about 4.7 million dollars. Pears, a specialty of the prefecture, […]
A 50-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly abandoning the body of his 24-year-old former girlfriend, who went missing last month after telling police that she was being stalked, police said. Keitaro Saga, unemployed and of no fixed address, is suspected of dumping the dismembered body of Shiori Nakamoto in rivers in Saitama Prefecture sometime […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is asking for more Japanese investment to help his country grow. Duterte made the appeal to the chairman of the Japan Business Federation Sadayuki Sakakibara. Duterte is visiting Japan for the first time since he took office in June this year. Sakakibara said Japanese businesses will work with the Philippines to […]
Two Japan-based Filipinos won the top two prizes in a recently concluded soy sauce cooking competition held in the Land of the Rising Sun. Chef and entrepreneur Claire Ocampo tickled judges’ taste buds with her succulent “Pork back ribs adobo and banana with burned brown sugar,” earning her the top prize in the 8th Soy […]
Filipinos living in Japan have given Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte an enthusiastic welcome at the start of his 3-day visit to the country. Nearly 1,000 Filipinos greeted the president with cheers and chants at a hotel in Tokyo on Tuesday. Duterte stressed the importance of bilateral ties with Japan. He said he is grateful that […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to discuss security issues with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte when they meet on Wednesday. Duterte will visit Japan for 3 days starting on Tuesday. It’s his first stay in the country since he took office in June. The Philippine president is expected to attend a dinner hosted by Foreign […]
