TOKYO/MANILA – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. discussed energy security and bilateral cooperation during a telephone meeting Oct. 20, ahead of November’s ASEAN-related summits.

TOKYO – Tom Cruise came back to Japan with a new film, a filmmaker he had wanted to work with for years and a character unlike anything he had played before.

TOKYO – Japanese humanitarians, doctors and international volunteers whose work has helped communities across Asia gathered in Tokyo on Oct. 7 for an event marking the 70th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Japan.

TOKYO – Filipino tennis star Alexandra Eala will make her first appearance at the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis in Tokyo later this month, returning to Japan after winning a bronze medal for the Philippines at the Asian Games in Nagoya.