Japan

Japan jobless rate up, available jobs in worst plunge since 1974

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's unemployment rate rose to 2.9 percent in May, official data showed Tuesday, the third consecutive…

Japan confirms scrapping US missile defense system

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile system, the government confirmed Thursday, days…

Strong quake strikes off eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck early Thursday off the eastern coast of Japan, the US Geological…

Japan ex-justice minister arrested in vote-buying scandal

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese prosecutors on Thursday arrested the country's former justice minister -- a close ally of Prime…

Japan urges citizens to install virus-tracking app

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's government on Thursday urged citizens to install the country's first coronavirus-tracing app when it launches…

PHL-Japan sign P75.5-B loan deals for 2 big infra projects in Visayas, Mindanao

  (Eagle News) -- Japan continued to help the Philippines amid the virus pandemic, as the Philippines and Japan signed…

Japan ‘can’t move ahead’ with US missile defence system: PM

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan "can't move ahead" with a costly US missile defense system, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said…

6.6-magnitude quake strikes off coast of Japan: USGS

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A strong but deep 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southwest Japan early Sunday, the…

Emperor Naruhito of Japan sends warm greetings to Filipino people on 122nd anniversary of PHL independence

(Eagle News) -- His Majesty Emperor Naruhito of Japan sent his "warm greetings and good wishes"  to the Filipino people…

Japan’s ‘Kawasaki disease’ doctor dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The Japanese doctor who discovered the mysterious "Kawasaki's disease" -- recently in the headlines for some…

Japan economy better than feared but still in recession

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) --  Japanese growth figures were better than initially feared in the first quarter, according to official data…

Gov’t repatriates 160 Filipinos from Japan

(Eagle News)--The government has recently repatriated over 100 Filipinos from Japan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, June…

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