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PHILIPPINES

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
Aug 24, 2021
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte agrees to run as vice president in 2022
The planned vice presidential run is seen by political observers as a backdoor to the presidency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Aug 6, 2021
Duterte in a bind over Philippines’ golden Olympic moment
Amid a brewing nationalist brouhaha, President Duterte never stops praising China while gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz calls for the assertion of Philippine claims in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021
Japan's Sena Irie punches her way to gold in women's boxing
Irie, a native of Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, is the first athlete from the sparsely populated prefecture to win Olympic gold.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2021
Biden puts Southeast Asia in U.S. sights — at last
The Biden team has shifted into high gear, dispatching officials and announcing policies to reinforce U.S. ties with Southeast Asia in a belated diplomatic offensive.
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
OLYMPICS
Jul 27, 2021
Weightlifter makes history, securing the Philippines' first Olympic gold medal
Hidilyn Diaz broke the country's nearly century-long drought by capturing a gold in the women's 55-kilogram division while setting two Olympic records.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2021
With eye on China, Pentagon chief heads to Southeast Asia
Lloyd Austin will seek to emphasize the importance Washington places on fortifying ties in the region while pushing back against China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2021
U.S. defense secretary to visit Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
The United States under President Joe Biden is looking to reinforce the need for a U.S. role in a region where China has sizeable influence as the dominant trade partner.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2021
Time for ASEAN minilateralism on Myanmar and territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Many Southeast Asian countries are too economically and strategically dependent on China to take a robust stance on the South China Sea disputes in favor of ASEAN claimant states
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 5, 2021
Duterte’s pivot to China yet to deliver promised billions
Most big-ticket projects funded by China have yet to break ground or haven't been approved, with only three under construction.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2021
Japan and Philippines to hold first joint air force exercises
The exercises will include a Japanese C-130H cargo aircraft and its personnel, which together with Philippine airmen, will simulate delivery of relief goods to isolated areas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2021
What inflation? Pandemic leaves emerging Asia's consumer recovery behind.
Slow vaccinations and a new wave of coronavirus infections have delayed economic recoveries in countries like Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and India.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2021
After Duterte, the Philippines may get more Duterte
Barred by the constitution from standing again for the presidency, Duterte is preparing for life after next year's elections from a position of unprecedented strength.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2021
The young female climate activists driving change in Asia
A number of young women in the region are stepping forward to demand greater action on one of the defining issues of this generation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2021
Southeast Asia’s democracy woes accelerate
Countries from the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar and Malaysia have regressed from robust democracies or hybrid regimes with some now turning to outright authoritarian rule.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 26, 2021
Filipinos bid farewell to former President Benigno Aquino
Aquino, president from 2010 to 2016, died at age 61 in a Manila hospital on Thursday of kidney failure as a result of diabetes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
Benigno Aquino III, who led Philippine growth spurt, dies at 61
Aquino, who served as the nation's president from 2010 to 2016, was rushed to a hospital in Quezon City where he died after heart failure, the Manila Bulletin reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2021
Philippines' Duterte threatens those who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine with jail
If implemented, Duterte's threat could be among the severest measures to boost inoculations in a nation where majority are unsure of or reject vaccines.
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Man arrested in Tokyo stabbing tracked victim through livestream
Kenichi Takano leaves a police station in Tokyo on Thursday to be sent over to prosecutors.
Japanese superfans turn dental clinic into Ohtani mini-museum
Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura poses for a photograph in front of a private collection dedicated to MLB player Shohei Ohtani, inside his dental clinic in Koshigaya, north of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2025.
Bonsai thefts sweep Japan as miniature trees grow more popular
According to the Nippon Bonsai Growers Cooperative, there were about 30 cases of bonsai theft last year.
U.S. steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) and Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi signing an agreement to integrate the SDF into the state institutions, in Damascus on Monday.
Japan to get tough on businesses not taking heatstroke countermeasures
A construction site in Tokyo in July 2018. Businesses failing to take measures to prevent severe heatstroke among employees will be subjected to criminal punishment from June.
How Upper House pressure led to Ishiba's stunning reversal on medical cost caps
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends an Upper House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan’s No. 2 diplomat seeks higher-level ‘unofficial’ Japan meetings as ties grow
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu told The Japan Times in an interview last week in Taipei that he hopes with the island democracy can strengthen ties with Japan and other like-minded nations “at every level.”
14 years after 3/11 disasters, Fukushima vies to become a startup hub
Aizawa Concrete employees work in the Namie factory in Fukushima Prefecture in January.
Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’
Rintaro Sekizuka runs a record store in both London and Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.

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