MANILA – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday led the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ortigas and Shaw Boulevard Stations and Tunnels of the Japan-funded Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), the Philippines’ first underground railway system, in Pasig City.

TOKYO – The full lineup for the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) was officially unveiled in an afternoon press conference held at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, one of the festival’s main venues, on Sept. 21.

TOKYO – The governments of Japan and the Philippines are arranging for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to visit the country at an early date, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 21.

TOKYO – More than 4,000 mourners gathered at Nippon Budokan Hall, while thousands of protestors took to the streets across the country on Tuesday for the state funeral of Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving former prime minister, who was assassinated during a campaign rally in Nara Prefecture on July 8.