MANILA – The Congress on Wednesday proclaimed former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the country’s new president and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as vice president following the fastest canvassing in the country’s election history. The House and Senate, acting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), approved the joint canvassing committee report and adopted […]
A 1-kilogram batch of hand-rolled new Japanese tea leaves from central Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture sold for a record 1.96 million yen (about $15,466) at the season’s inaugural auction on Monday. The green tea leaves were grown in Fujinomiya, and sold at the Shizuoka Japanese Tea Market’s annual auction to ring in the latest crop. Shizuoka […]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) extended its continued support to the endeavors of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) during a courtesy call on April 6, 2022. JICA’s newly-appointed Chief Representative to the Philippines Sakamoto Takema expressed the Agency’s sincerity in prioritizing the Philippines, including the DA, as one of its partners. Agriculture, he […]
The Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DOT) continues its marketing and promotional efforts a month after reopening to international leisure travelers, this time setting its sights on potential visitors from a major source market-Japan. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat led the Philippine delegation in engaging with Japan’s tourism stakeholders and promote the country as a safe travel […]
Information about entering into Japan New entry of foreign nationalsBased on the New Border measures (27), from 0:00 am (JST) on March 1, 2022, new entry of foreign nationals into Japan under the supervision of receiving organizations is allowed, except for those for touristic purposes.Eligible persons (who meet both of the following (1)and (2): (1) […]
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