OSAKA – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday visited the Philippine Pavilion at Expo 2025 on Yumeshima Island, nearly two months after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba invited him to the global event during their summit in Manila.

TOKYO – The foreign ministers of Japan and the Philippines on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to supporting second-generation Nikkei-jin in the Southeast Asian country seeking to acquire Japanese nationality.

TOKYO/MANILA – Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old native of Chicago, was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on May 8, making history as the first American to assume the papacy. He has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.

MANILA – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila on Monday to bolster bilateral ties, agreeing to deepen defense, economic and regional cooperation as the two countries mark nearly 70 years of diplomatic relations.