TOKYO – After declaring a COVID-19 state of emergency for 13 prefectures, including Tokyo, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has broadened the declaration to eight more areas as the country struggles to contain a fifth wave of infections driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.

TOKYO – More than 50 million people in Japan have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Tuesday, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced.

Located on the corner of the Nishi-Azabu crossing point, Gonpachi is a popular Japanese-inn izakaya-style restaurant that inspired the set in Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster film “Kill Bill (Volume 1)”.

MANILA – The Japanese government on Friday, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), disbursed 10 billion yen (roughly PHP4.59 billion) to the Philippines, the fourth and final tranche of the Post-Disaster Standby Loan Phase 2 (PDSL 2).