by salefull | Sep 1, 2023 | Featured Article, News
‘It hurts my heart’: Japan’s Kanto massacre, 100 years on TOKYO – This week Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that haunts...
by salefull | Aug 31, 2023 | Featured Article, News
Kishida, 3 ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it’s safe TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three cabinet ministers ate Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting Wednesday, in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the...
by salefull | Aug 30, 2023 | Featured Article, News
Sogo & Seibu department store labor union to go on rare strike in Tokyo TOKYO – A labor union representing workers at Japanese department stores operated by Sogo & Seibu Co said Wednesday that members would go on strike at one of the stores in Tokyo to...
by salefull | Aug 23, 2023 | Featured Article, News
Lowering price of rice to P20 a kilogram ‘difficult’ – DA execs MANILA, Philippines — Turning into reality President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s campaign promise to peg the price of rice at only P20 per kilogram remains a far-fetched possibility as agriculture officials...
by salefull | Aug 22, 2023 | Featured Article, News
Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into ocean on Thursday TOKYO – Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1.3 million tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday, putting into motion a plan...
by salefull | Aug 18, 2023 | Featured Article, News
At Camp David, Biden aims to nudge Japan and S Korea toward greater unity in complicated Pacific WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden aims to further tighten security and economic ties between Japan and South Korea, two nations that have struggled to stay on...
by salefull | Aug 17, 2023 | Featured Article, News
Japan to give Hawaii $2 million in aid as wildfire death toll tops 100 TOKYO/KAHULUI, Hawaii – Japan’s government said Wednesday it will extend $2 million as humanitarian aid to Hawaii to help with the damage caused by recent wildfires on the U.S....
by salefull | Aug 16, 2023 | Featured Article, News
S Korean president calls Japan ‘partner’ on Liberation Day SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday called former colonial ruler Japan a “partner” that shares his country’s values and common interests as he aims to...
by salefull | Aug 15, 2023 | Featured Article, News
Peso nearly hits 57:$1 MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is not worried about the weakening of the peso against the dollar, which almost touched the 57 level yesterday due to the narrowing interest rate differential between the Philippines...
by salefull | Aug 14, 2023 | Featured Article, News
Senator calls for inquiry into Manila Bay reclamation projects MANILA, Philippines — Sen. JV Ejercito on Sunday urged the Senate blue ribbon committee to look into the “midnight gold rush” approval of 22 reclamation projects around Manila Bay. Specifically, Ejercito...
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