TOKYO – Natsuko Shoji is the first Japanese chef to win the prestigious Asia’s Best Female Chef Award from the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy.

MANILA – Just when everything was slowly going back to normal in some parts of the world, COVID-19 cases rose again this year because of the Omicron variant.

TOKYO/MANILA – “Good projects. For me talaga, it’s about the story, the project and the material,” said actress Beauty Gonzalez when Filipino-Japanese Journal (FJJ) asked her what inspires her to keep up with the demands of the entertainment industry.

TOKYO – Governor Yuriko Koike on Sunday condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling it “a clear violation of international law, as it seriously undermines the territorial and sovereign integrity of Ukraine.”