TOKYO/MANILA – Beginning today, Oct. 11, visitors from the Philippines can travel again to Japan as the said country reopens its borders to independent foreign tourists for the first time after two years of COVID-19 restrictions.

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.