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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to meet US president-elect Donald Trump next week in New York, officials said Thursday, after phone talks between the two following the billionaire’s shock election win. Abe and Trump spoke for about 20 minutes and tentatively set a date of November 17 for the meeting, just before Abe goes to Peru for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, a Japanese foreign ministry official told AFP. […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors bet on strengthening chances of Hillary Clinton winning the US presidential election. “We’ve been swung this way and that over who may win, but expectations of a Clinton victory are firming,” said Toshihiko Matsuno, a senior strategist at SMBC Friend Securities Co. “Since it’s easier to predict policy with her, there’s more of a sense of security in the market. “Stocks may price […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese rocket that fired a weather satellite into space on Wednesday was decked out in colourful manga in a bid to raise awareness among kids about the wonders of the universe. The H-IIA rocket carrying the Himawari-9 weather satellite blasted into a cloudy sky at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Kagoshima prefecture at 3:20 pm (0620 GMT). Japan’s domestically developed mainstay rocket carried two pieces of manga artwork originally […]
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced nearly $8 billion in aid, loans and investment to promote development and reconciliation in Myanmar after talks with its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. https://youtu.be/Zad0nIhBAFI
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Lalo pa umanong titindi ang problema sa trapiko sa bansa sa susunod na dalawa o tatlong taon. Ito ang pangamba ni Senator JV Ejercito kung hindi maisasakatuparan ng Duterte administration ang modernong railways system sa bansa. Ayon sa Senador, interesado ang Japan International Cooperation Agency o JICA at iba pang mga negosyante sa Japan na tumulong at isagawa ang railways system.
(Reuters) — Japanese Youtube star and singer of the recent hit Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen (PPAP), Pikotaro, performed and unveiled the track’s long version on Friday (October 28) in Tokyo. Pikotaro, whose real name is Kazuhiko Kosaka, is known for a quirky music video featuring him miming the joining of an imaginary apple and pineapple with an imaginary pen. The video uploaded in early September quickly went viral, racking up over 600 million views (as of October […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo said he would try not to “curse” or use “cuss words” in public. The President said he had made this promise to God on the flight back from Japan to Manila, when he heard a voice while everybody else in the plane was asleep. “I promised God not to express cuss words,” he told the audience at the Davao International Airport lounge after reading his arrival speech, and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte came back Thursday night (October 27) from his successful three-day working visit to Japan, saying that the Philippine-Japan ties are “excellent” and would even be brought to a higher level by his visit. “By all accounts and by any measure, Philippines Japan ties today are excellent and we agreed that we can take things to a higher level by harnessing our respective strengths and using these so both […]
(Eagle News) — Miss Philippines International bet Kylie Verzosa won this year’s Miss International pageant which was held on Thursday (October 27) in Tokyo, Japan. Verzosa bested 60 other beauties from all around the world, to bag the 56th Miss International crown, The 24-year-old Kylie who hails from Baguio City is a pre-school teacher and a professional model. She has a degree in business management from the Ateneo de Manila University. Her final speech, […]
(Reuters)- The 100-year-old uncle of Japanese Emperor Akihito, Prince Mikasa, died on Thursday, leaving only four heirs to the Chrysanthemum throne, the Imperial Household Agency said. Mikasa’s death coincides with renewed attention to the future of the aging and shrinking imperial family and whether women should be allowed to inherit the throne, breaking a males-only succession tradition that conservatives say is central to an imperial tradition stretching back 2,600 years. Mikasa was the youngest […]
