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Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will make a five-day trip to the Philippines from January 26 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral ties between Japan and the Philippines. It will be the first official visit by a Japanese emperor to the Philippines, where around 1.1 million Filipinos and some 518,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians perished during World War II. The emperor and empress last visited the Philippines in […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday (January 6) that Japan “cannot tolerate” North Korea’s latest nuclear test, and that firm action would be taken at the international level. “North Korea’s nuclear test is a serious threat to our nation’s security and absolutely cannot be tolerated. We strongly denounce it,” he told parliament. North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday morning, which would mark […]
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on Wednesday (January 6) that seismic waves emanating from North Korea looked similar to those detected after Pyongyang’s previous nuclear tests. “Looking at the results, and of course I’m talking about the seismic data, I don’t think there’s a big difference between the past three shakes,” JMA’s Yohei Hasegawa said during a news conference. North Korea’s state TV on Wednesday announced the reclusive country had successfully conducted a test of […]
Japan is to convene a security council meeting following an apparent North Korean earthquake earlier on Wednesday (January 6) its suspects was a nuclear test. “According to the Meteorological Agency this earthquake is not a naturally occurring earthquake. The Japanese government, based on past examples, we believe there is a possibility that this is a nuclear test by North Korea. We have therefore convened the relevant ministries to a gather for an emergency strategy meeting […]
Japanese stocks began 2016 on a lower note on Monday (January 4), playing catch-up to falls in U.S. stocks in the last two sessions during Japan’s market holidays. The Nikkei benchmark started the first trade of the year down 1 percent at 18818.58. The Nikkei gained around 9 percent last year. In May last year, the Nikkei average surpassed 20,000 for the first time in 15 years, and in August the total value of the […]
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull expressed disappointment during a speech in Tokyo on Friday (December 18) at Japan’s resumption of whaling in the Southern Ocean, but said the dispute over the hunt should not be allowed to hurt the two countries’ special strategic ties. Japan’s whaling fleet set out for the Antarctic this month to resume a hunt for the mammals, ending a year-long hiatus following an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Japan […]
MANILA, Philippines – President Noynoy Aquino and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe conducted bilateral talks during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, with said bilateral talks centering on the maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea as well as agreeing in principle for stronger defense relations between the two countries. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
Without Chinese people’s tolerance and help, Japan cannot achieve post-war pacifism, said the leader of the Japanese government coalition’s junior partner New Komeito party during his visit to China on Tuesday. Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the New Komeito party, made the statement when visiting the Museum of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression after arriving in China’s capital Beijing on Tuesday morning for a four-day visit. “We must not forget the historical […]
MANILA, Oct. 14 — Malacañang has announced the state visit of Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko to the Philippines scheduled for early next year. Communication Secretary Herminio ‘Sonny’ Coloma Jr. said the Philippines has begun coordinating with Japan regarding thei emperor and empress’ arrival to the country. “We are pleased to announce that the Philippines has started necessary coordination with Japan for a visit of Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, to the Philippines, […]
China urges Japan to face up to history and stop threatening the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which recently listed documents concerning the Nanjing Massacre in the Memory of the World Register, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday. After the Nanjing Massacre was listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register on Oct. 9, Japan’s Foreign Ministry has questioned the authenticity of the documents, calling on UNESCO to […]
Two scientists from Japan and Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday, for discovering that neutrinos have mass, which changed our views of the universe. The prize was awarded to Takaaki Kajita, a professor at the University of Tokyo, and Arthur B. McDonald, a professor emeritus at Queen’s University, announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. “It’s very important because neutrinos are elementary particles. There are very many of them. They are […]
Japan’s sports minister Hakubun Shimomura, a close conservative ally of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday (September 25) announced his resignation over the scrapping of plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics centrepiece stadium after a cost blowout. Shimomura told a post-cabinet meeting news conference on Friday that Abe had asked him to stay on until a cabinet reshuffle planned for next month. “The fact is, I have caused great worry and trouble to many people […]
