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 […]
While all eyes are glued on new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his brutal crackdown on drug traffickers, Filipinos living in Japan appear optimistic about the changes he is making back home and hope ties between the two nations will grow stronger. Duterte, also known for making controversial comments is arriving Tuesday for a three-day […]
Currently, Japan only accepts foreign care workers from Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam under economic partnership agreements with these countries. A Diet committee on Friday approved bills to enable foreign trainees to take nursing care jobs in Japan, paving way for their enactment in the current Diet session as the rapidly graying country will face a […]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is looking to offer 5 billion yen ($48.2 million) in loans when he meets with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte next week, bilateral diplomatic sources said Saturday. The financial support is aimed at helping facilitate agricultural development in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, according to the sources. Duterte, who will make […]
The Philippines’ newly found affection for China has sparked concern in Japan that it would embolden the Asian giant to expand more aggressively in the South China Sea. Japan has worked with the U.S. and others to pressure China to accept an international arbitration ruling in July that rejected Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea. […]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck Tottori Prefecture in western Japan on Friday afternoon. The Japan Meteorological Agency says there is no tsunami theat. The jolt registered 6 minus on the Japanese seismic scale of 0 to 7 in central Tottori. The focus was 10 kilometers deep in the prefecture. There are […]
Japan’s Empress Michiko has reflected on events of the past year. She turned 82 on Thursday. In a written response to reporters’ questions, the Empress refers to Emperor Akihito having expressed an apparent wish to abdicate in a video message in August. She says his comments reflect what he thinks. The Empress also says she […]
Tokyoites get to watch Godzilla come alive and shoot its atomic breath down over the unsuspecting denizens Kabukicho from the top of a building. But if you want to beat that experience, then travel to Sasebo, Nagasaki, where you can see a fire-breathing dragon, or at least a mechanical one that lights up and shoots […]
