TOKYO – While the Japanese government is easing its strict border restrictions to allow businesspeople, technical interns and students into the country from March 1, it emphasized on Thursday foreign tourists are still not allowed to enter Japan.

MANILA – Less than a week since reopening its borders to international tourism, the Philippines welcomed over 100 tourists from Japan.

TOKYO – The Japanese government’s quasi-emergency measures for 13 prefectures including Tokyo over the novel coronavirus have been extended until March 6 amid a continuous surge in new cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

TOKYO – Tomoyuki Nagao, PAL Country Manager for Japan, exclusively answers questions from Filipino-Japanese Journal on topics such as COVID-19, Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, what he looks forward to post-pandemic, and his message to the Filipino community in Japan.