Takoyaki, chunks of octopus covered in batter, are one of the many wonderful treats Japan has to offer. They’re sold in grocery stores and you can always count on stalls serving up fresh ones at Japanese festivals. Besides being filled with octopus, takoyaki are almost always cooked in a special griddle with half-spherical molds that evenly heat the dough. The home […]
Police have received a flurry of complaints from travelers, including one Japanese, about airport workers here demanding hush money after apparently planting bullets in passengers’ luggage. Police are heightening their monitoring of Manila International Airport staff through surveillance cameras. According to police, 514 bullets were confiscated at the airport between January and October this year, […]
Foreign workers in Japan contacted lawyers via a special hotline on Sunday. They sought advice on overtime hours, annual leave and other issues. Lawyers took the calls at offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Hiroshima. The phones at a law office in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district started ringing immediately after the hotline opened at 2 PM. […]
Sa Women’s Desk ng Manila Police District Headquarters, nahihiyang ikinuwento ng anim na babae kung paano sila na-rescue mula sa kasamahan na binugaw sila umano sa halagang P5,000 kada isa. Ang buong akala nila, overnight swimming lang ang mangyayari. Pero pagdating sa kanto ng UN Avenue at Taft Avenue, nasorpresa na lang sila ng papasukin […]
The UN weather agency says this year is likely to be the warmest on record partly due to increasing greenhouse gas levels. The World Meteorological Organization announced findings of its early report for 2015 at a news conference on Wednesday, ahead of a UN climate change conference to open in Paris later this month. The […]
China on Wednesday harshly criticized the Philippines’ case against it at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea, calling the process a “political provocation.” A day after a court in the Netherlands began hearing the case, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei repeatedly said the Philippine’s action is “unilateral” and it […]
Officials say the Philippine economy expanded 6 percent in the third quarter and forecast the same growth rate for the full year. The main driver of the economy in the third quarter was service industries, which expanded 7.3 percent. That was the fastest pace since 2013. Agriculture grew 0.4 percent compared with a decline of […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government wants to raise the minimum wage by 3 percent a year to achieve its GDP growth target. Abe made the comments on Tuesday at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. He said the minimum hourly wage should be raised to 1000 yen, or […]
After these passengers got stranded, they walked the rest of the way in such a precise line they practically became a train themselves. As reliable as Japan’s public transportation system is, with so many trains running from morning to night, eventually some sort of problem is going to occur. Passengers heading to work or school […]
Nasunog ang ticketing booth at canteen malapit sa entrance ng Manila Zoo sa Malate, Maynila kagabi. Sa paunang imbestigasyon ng Bureau of Fire Protection, nagmula ang sunog sa sirang electrical stove na ginagamit sa pagluluto ng mga nagtatrabaho sa zoo. Muntik din itong umabot sa bodegang nagsisilbing headquarters ng animal keepers kung hindi ito naagapan […]
