MANILA – Japanese citizens are among the top arrivals for the month of December this year, data from the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) showed.

MANILA – The Japanese government’s disaster relief goods to the Philippines, in light of the devastation brought about by Typhoon Odette, arrived in the country's capital on Dec. 23, the Japan Embassy announced.

TOKYO/MANILA – The Japanese government announced on Monday its plan to donate emergency supplies to support the typhoon relief efforts in the central and southern provinces of the Philippines.

TOKYO – The Japanese government on Tuesday banned new entries into Japan by non-resident foreigners from around the world in an attempt to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country.