The Shirakawa-go (白川郷) and neighboring Gokayama (五箇山) regions line the Shogawa River Valley in the remote mountains that span from Gifu to Toyama Prefectures. Declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1995, they are famous for their traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses, some of which are more than 250 years old. Gassho-zukuri means “constructed like hands in […]
Nagdadagsaan ang mga bumibisita sa Templo ng Eikando sa Kyoto tuwing panahon ng Taglagas dahil sa kaakit-akit na pagbabago ng kulay ng mga dahon at may nakakamanghang iluminasyon pa ang ganap na masasaksihan doon pagsapit ng gabi. Ang Templo ay bantog sa kagandanghang angkin na eto at minsa’y naitampok pa ito sa koleksyon ng ika […]
A UN human rights envoy has retracted her claim that 13 percent of schoolgirls in Japan are involved in forms of paid dating that can involve sex, the Japanese government said Wednesday. The step came shortly after Tokyo bitterly complained to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and demanded it […]
Hindi na dadalo si Russian President Vladimir Putin at Indonesian President Joko Widodo sa bansa para sa Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ meeting sa Maynila sa susunod na linggo. Ayon sa Russian news Agency na RBC, nagbago ang isip ni Putin sa pagdalo sa APEC summit at ipapadala na lamang si Prime Minister Dmitry […]
A young boy was injured in a grenade blast in Barangay Kayaga in Kabacan, North Cotabato Wednesday evening. The grenade was allegedly lobbed by motorcycle-riding perpetrators in front of a gasoline station located near a newly-installed Community Police Assistance Center (COMPAC) of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Kabacan PNP Chief Police Senior Inspector Ronnie Cordero […]
Police arrested on Tuesday a 18-year-old boy and his 21-year-old brother for allegedly throwing some 300 eggs at cars driving on an expressway and damaged them in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The boy, a third-year high school student, and the brother, a company employee, both living in the Kanagawa city of Hadano, were charged […]
A Tokyo man accused of accessing a woman’s Facebook account and allegedly downloading pictures of her wearing underwear has been arrested. In what is being reported as Japan’s first such arrest, Ryosuke Koga, 25, allegedly logged into the victim’s Facebook account 17 times between January and March, a Metropolitan Police Department spokesman said. The police […]
The Iloilo City government has tapped experts from Japan to strengthen the city’s disaster preparedness program. The disaster management team of Iloilo will undergo a five-day training program together with their Japanese counterparts. Part of the training is relief and rehabilitation. Local officials believe that while natural disasters are inevitable, self-discipline and sufficient information are […]
Nasawi ang mag-aama matapos na sumalpok ang kanilang sinasakyang van sa isang pampasaherong bus kahapon ng madaling araw sa kahabaan ng Maharlika Highway sa Barangay Agdangan, Baao, Camarines Sur. Ang mga nasawi ay sina Jose Sabordo Jr. 43, may-asawa driver; anak na sina Mark Jayson,16; at John Vic, 5. Ang mga sugatan na sakay ng […]
Police arrested a man and his son in Barangay Day-as, Cebu City for allegedly manufacturing counterfeit peso bills. The Investigation Division of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), together with Police Regional Office (PRO) 7, confiscated fake bills of different denominations from Salvador “Biddy” Ybanez and his son Alias “Buddy” Ybanez. The suspects were allegedly selling […]
