TOKYO – Japan will supply the Philippines with an additional two million doses of the novel coronavirus vaccine developed by British drug giant AstraZeneca PLC, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said in a press conference last Friday.

MANILA – Japan has donated two metric tons of pre-cooked rice to the Philippines as part of its novel coronavirus relief efforts to the country, the Japan Embassy in Manila said on Tuesday.

TOKYO – Japan’s parliament, the Diet, on Monday elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Fumio Kishida as the nation’s 100th prime minister succeeding Yoshihide Suga.

TOKYO – Ahead of Japan’s fourth novel coronavirus state of emergency expiration, the government has managed to fully vaccinate more than half of the eligible population.