MANILA – More than 50,000 skilled workers from the Philippines will have the opportunity to work in Japan starting from 2019 to 2025 under two new residency statuses.

FUKUOKA – Acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke is the recipient of the Fukuoka Grand Prize this year. Japanese scholar and economist Akira Suehiro won the Academic Prize and Indian performing artist Teejan Bai bagged the Arts and Culture Prize.

“Philippines will make you beautiful,” Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said as the Department of Tourism (DOT) seeks to attract more Japanese women travelers to visit the country.