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Karen Lema
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2021
Relatives of drug war victims alarmed by Duterte's talk of staying on
The Philippine constitution bars a re-election bid by the president, but he said on Tuesday he would run for vice president in 2022 in order to keep up his crusade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 30, 2021
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte fully restores key troop pact with U.S.
The agreement has assumed additional importance as the United States and its allies contend with an increasingly assertive China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 16, 2021
'Run, Sara, Run': Is Duterte's daughter playing her father's game?
Campaigns backing Sara Duterte-Carpio, 42, to succeed the autocratic and capricious president whose war on drugs killed thousands are gathering pace.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2020
'Hero' nurses struggle to leave Philippines amid pandemic
With infections surging in the Philippines, the government in April banned health care workers from leaving the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 21, 2020
'We are a battleground now': In Southeast Asia, U.S.-China tensions flare on social media
Tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea have erupted into a war of words on social media, in what analysts see as a change in U.S. strategy amid a burgeoning superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 19, 2018
Two years after Philippines 'divorced' U.S., President Rodrigo Duterte still waiting on China dividend
Two years after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced a divorce with old ally the United States in return for bumper business ties with China, he doesn't have much to show for it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2017
Duterte suspends Philippine anti-drug force after murder of South Korean businessman
When Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte summoned his security chiefs to an urgent meeting one Sunday night last month, his mind was already made up.

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