Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, have sent a 22-year-old university student to prosecutors after he was arrested on suspicion of throwing raw eggs at commercial facilities and onto rail tracks. The student, who attends Keio University – one of Japan’s most prestigious private educational institutions – has admitted to throwing the eggs a total of […]
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi died of multiple organ failure resulting from rectum cancer at a Fukuoka hospital in southwestern Japan at 6:55 p.m. Friday (9:55 a.m. GMT). He was 62. Kitanoumi, whose real name was Toshimitsu Obata, was born in Sobetsu in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan. He made a sumo ring debut in 1967 at […]
Japan will open doors for Filipino Domestic workers Manila – Lalaon at magbubukas na ng oportunidad ang bansang Hapon para sa mga Pilipino na domestic workers. Isa ito sa mga naging usapin Nina Presidente Ninoy Benigno Aquino III at Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe noong Huwebes ng gabi, ika-19 Nobyembre. Maging sa kasalukuyan ay tumatanggap […]
Hindi kapanipaniwalang paglaki ng isang bulkan ang nasubaybayan ng mga opisyales ng Japan Coast Guard mula ng nabuo ito sa pagsabog sa ilalim ng liblib na karagatang Pasipiko mga dalawang taon pa lamang ang nakakalipas. Sinasabing ang isla ng Nishinoshima ay lumaki ng 12 beses kaysa sa dating laki nito sa loob lamang ng dalawang […]
Pahayag ng Kagalang-galang Benigno S. Aquino III Pangulo ng Pilipinas bago ang kanyang pagdalo sa ika-27 na ASEAN summit [Inihayag sa NAIA Terminal 2, Lungsod ng Pasay, noong ika-20 ng Nobyembre 2015] Matapos po ang ating matagumpay na hosting ng APEC 2015, bibiyahe naman tayo ngayong hapon patungong Kuala Lumpur sa Malaysia upang dumalo sa […]
During the bilateral meeting between the two countries, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Japan will make a further contribution to peace and stability by providing the Coast Guard with new patrol vessels and transferring military equipment. In a press briefing on Thursday, Japanese Press Secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura said that details on the equipment […]
TOKYO – Sa loob pa lamang ng sampong buwan ngayong taon ay umabot na sa 16.3 milyong mga turista ang bumisita sa bansang Hapon ayon sa Japan National Tourism Oragnization (JNTO). Sinabi pa ng JNTO na lalagpasan pa nito ang panukalang 2o milyong turistang bibisita ngayon taon, balita ng Fuji TV. Ang umanong bilang ay […]
Bakas ng pagsagip ng Malian Special Forces sa isang nakakabiglang atake sa isang hotel sa Mali, pangulong-bayan ng Kanlurang Aprika ang kompirmadong 27 katao napatay ng mga di umano’y armadong kalalakihan sa Radisson Blu Hotel nitong Biyernes, ika-20 ng Nobyembre. Sinasabing ding may 170 katao ang naging hostage kasama na dito ang mga panauhin at […]
About 4,000 visitors Thursday got a peak at Expocity, the new 170,000-sq.-meter shopping and entertainment complex build on the site of the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka Prefecture. Developer Mitsui Fudosan Co. hopes to see ¥60 billion in annual revenue from the complex, which stands in Expo ’70 Commemorative Park in Suita. At the opening […]
The tourism industry is seen as the next growth driver of the Philippines, an economist said. Cayetano Paderanga, an economics professor at the University of the Philippines, said that aside from revenues from business process outsourcing (BPO) and remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFW), the country’s tourism sector has the potential to drive economic growth. […]
