MANILA – Japanese tourists ranked as the third-largest group of foreign visitors to the Philippines in 2024, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT).

TOKYO – The Land of the Rising Sun welcomed 818,700 visitors from the Philippines in 2024, a 31.6% increase from the previous year, according to preliminary data from the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO).

TOKYO – Filipinos applying for visas to stay in Japan for three months or longer must undergo tuberculosis screening under new rules announced by the Japanese health ministry to help curb the disease’s spread.

Fuchu Prison, the largest all-male penitentiary in Japan, houses the country’s highest number of foreign inmates, including several Filipinos. Once lured to the Land of the Rising Sun by dreams of a better life, these individuals now face the stark realities of incarceration.