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.

TOKYO – Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday reiterated his government’s promise to finish vaccinating Japan’s population against the novel coronavirus by November.

MANILA/TOKYO – He’s been almost everywhere with the crew of “Biyahe ni Drew (BND)”. But according to Drew Arellano, Japan will always have a special place in his heart.