TOKYO – Tomoyuki Nagao, PAL Country Manager for Japan, exclusively answers questions from Filipino-Japanese Journal on topics such as COVID-19, Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, what he looks forward to post-pandemic, and his message to the Filipino community in Japan.

Tokyo still has a few areas where you can experience the shitamachi or old downtown vibe, and one of them is Shibamata, a retro neighborhood popularly known among the Japanese as the fictive hometown of protagonist Torajiro Kuruma or Tora-san, the kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love.

The samurai is a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan from the 12th century to their abolition in the 1870s. Even though they no longer exist today, there are places in the country where the samurai culture is still alive and well.

TOKYO – Japan’s capital has been selected Number 1 in Condé Nast Traveler’s US Edition and the UK Edition of “The Best Cities in the World: 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards.”