Beginning Oct. 1, the Philippines will be among the nine countries where resident travelers arriving to Japan — regardless of whether they are fully vaccinated or not against COVID-19 — are required to self-quarantine for 14 days.

TOKYO – The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Japan has crossed 150 million on Monday, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced.

TOKYO – Acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza’s first sports biopic “Gensan Punch” will be shown at the Gala Selection of the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) to be held from Oct. 30 to Nov. 8.

TOKYO – Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration approved on Thursday the further extension of the current state of emergency until Sept. 30 in Tokyo and 18 other prefectures over the novel coronavirus pandemic as the number of severely ill patients remains at a high level.