MANILA/TOKYO – Auro Chocolate, an artisanal bean-to-bar brand from the Philippines took home five golds in the International Chocolate Awards – Asia Pacific Division held in Pingtung, Taiwan on Oct. 12.

OSAKA – The acclaimed romantic-comedy film “Write About Love” won the ABC TV Award for being the “most entertaining film among all participating new films” at the recently held 15th Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF).

We recently had the chance to catch up with Tokyo-based Filipino screenwriter Herlyn Alegre about her latest screenplay “Kintsugi (Beautifully Broken),” which is set to have its world premiere at this year’s Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival in the Philippines.

Several Filipinos in the field of entertainment gained international fame here in Japan that is worthy of our admiration.