MANILA – Filipino Catholic bishop Edgar Gacutan officially assumed his role as the new shepherd of a northern Japan diocese in a solemn ceremony held on March 19.

TOKYO/MANILA – The Filipino-Japanese Journal (FJJ) is set to receive the Interactive Media Award for the Best Website category from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas’ 2021 Migration Advocacy and Media (MAM) Awards to be held on March 16 at the Manila Hotel.

TOKYO – The full lineup of the 17th Osaka Asian Film Festival was announced on Feb. 17. A total of 76 films were selected, and these include three from the Philippines – one of which is Jun Robles Lana’s “Big Night!”

TOKYO/MANILA – Filipino-Japanese Journal (FJJ) has won one of the 19 prizes at the 2021 Migration Advocacy and Media (MAM) Awards for its reporting on Japan’s provision of the antiviral drug Avigan to the Philippines for clinical trials against COVID-19.