Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has again lashed out at US President Barack Obama, saying he can “go to hell” over US criticism of his deadly anti-drugs campaign. Duterte’s made the remarks during a speech in Manila on Tuesday to local government officials. He added the Philippines may “break up” with the United States while he […]
The Philippine Coast Guard reported that its second Parola-class patrol vessel, 44-meter Multi-Role Response Vessel (MRRV), is expected to sail to the Philippines this December and will be named as BRP Malabrigo (MRRV-4402). “BRP Tubbataha (MRRV-4401), meanwhile, is now ready for her commissionship on October 12 during the celebration of the 115th Founding Anniversary of […]
Police in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward are looking for the person or persons who left a newborn baby boy on a park bench on Monday evening. According to police, a man walking his dog in Himonya Park at around 6 p.m. found the baby with its umbilical cord still attached wrapped in a towel on a […]
Typhoon Chaba has passed Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa and is heading toward northern Kyushu on Tuesday. Japan’s Meteorological Agency says that as of noon, the violent typhoon was traveling north at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour in the seas north of Okinawa. It had a central pressure reading of 915 hectopascals and […]
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department made English service available at two police boxes in the capital Friday to better deal with an increasing number of foreign visitors ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The foreigner-friendly model police boxes are located in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku Ward and in front of Shibuya Station in […]
A sushi restaurant chain has apologized for serving too much wasabi, or Japanese horseradish, to foreigners at one of its outlets. Ichibazushi Japan Corporation acknowledged on its website that the outlet in Osaka had been serving sushi with far larger amounts of wasabi than usual for over a year. The apology came after a tourist […]
Japan’s southwestern island of Okinawa is bracing for powerful typhoon Chaba. Domestic and international flights to and from Okinawa were all canceled after terminal buildings at Naha Airport closed down on Monday afternoon. The Meteorological Agency says Chaba is moving north-north-west at a speed of 20 kilometers an hour. The typhoon was about 130 kilometers […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte courted controversy again on Friday, pledging to “slaughter” more addicts in his war on drugs. He likened himself to Adolf Hitler, and his policy to the Holocaust. Duterte said “if Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have…” and then indicated to himself. He said there are three million drug addicts in […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drug war and his foul-mouthed outbursts in defense of the campaign have unnerved foreign investors in one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies. Analysts and businessmen point to uncertainties about Duterte’s policies and flip-flopping pronouncements as largely to blame for foreign selling in the stock market and the peso’s plunge to a […]
A 68-year-old Japanese man was detained Friday at Manila’s international airport on suspicion of trafficking a minor, the country’s aviation security authority said Saturday. Akio Watanabe, who reportedly resides in Manila, was stopped at Ninoy Aquino International Airport with an 18-year-old Filipina accompanying him before they were to board a flight for Japan, according to […]
