TOKYO – Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the Japanese government is prepared to offer “all possible assistance” to the Philippines following the damage inflicted by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name Trami) across Luzon and Visayas provinces last week.
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Janine Gutierrez represented Lav Diaz’s four-hour black-and-white Philippine drama “Phantosmia,” featured in the festival’s World Focus section of the prestigious cinematic event.
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TOKYO – Terumi Tanaka, an atomic bomb survivor, or hibakusha, and co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Nihon Hidankyo, shared his harrowing experience of the Nagasaki bombing 79 years ago.
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TOKYO – Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya expressed his commitment to advancing Japan-Philippines relations during a phone call with Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
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TOKYO – Filipinos are the fourth-largest group of foreign residents in Japan, with more than 330,000 in the first half of 2024, according to the latest data from the Immigration Services Agency (ISA).
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