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.

MANILA – Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has announced her scheduled trip to Japan to attend Tuesday’s state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan Hall.

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. agreed Wednesday to further strengthen cooperation between their two countries.

TOKYO/MANILA – No overseas Filipino worker (OFW) has been reported hurt during the onslaught of Typhoon Nanmadol in Japan, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Tuesday citing reports from the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) in Osaka and Tokyo.