TOKYO – The governments of Japan and the Philippines are arranging for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to visit the country at an early date, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 21.

TOKYO – More than 4,000 mourners gathered at Nippon Budokan Hall, while thousands of protestors took to the streets across the country on Tuesday for the state funeral of Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving former prime minister, who was assassinated during a campaign rally in Nara Prefecture on July 8.

TOKYO – Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte arrived in the Japanese capital on Monday and paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Akasaka Palace State Guest House, a day before the state funeral of slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

MANILA – The Philippines’ Commission on Appointments (CA) has confirmed the appointment of Mylene Garcia-Albano as the country’s newest ambassador to Japan on Sept. 21.