TOKYO – Stefanie Arriane, a Filipino-Japanese actress, can’t help but feel “honored” to be part of the dystopian euthanasia drama movie “Plan 75,” which won the Camera d’Or Special Mention Award at the Cannes Film Festival in France last month.

MANILA – The Japanese government announced on Friday the conferment of The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on former Senate President and House Speaker Manny Villar in recognition of his contributions to strengthening economic bilateral relations between Japan and the Philippines.

MANILA – The Philippine government has honored Filipino-Japanese Journal (FJJ) with the Interactive Media Award (Best Website) for advocating the overseas Filipinos in Japan amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.