Tsunami alert lifted after magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits southwest Japan

Associated Press 01/14/2025

TOKYO — Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. The agency initially gave the…

Marcos, Biden, Ishiba pledge to strengthen ties in phone call

Luisa Cabato 01/13/2025

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., US President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday committed to further strengthening trilateral ties across various areas of cooperation. The three leaders held a trilateral phone…

World’s oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies at 116

Agence France Presse 01/05/2025

TOKYO — The world’s oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, has died at the age of 116, the city of Ashiya where she lived announced on Saturday, January 4. Itooka, who had four children and five grandchildren,…

Carlo Demecillo falls short in Japan bout

Glendale G. Rosal 12/21/2024

TAGBILARAN CITY, Philippines — Big Yellow Boxing Gym’s Carlo Demecillo absorbed a unanimous decision defeat in the hands of Japanese Fumiya Fuse on Friday night, December 20, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. All three judges…

Llover claims OPBF title with stunning 1st rd. TKO win in Japan

Glendale G. Rosal 12/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – One of the Philippines’ most promising young prospects, Kenneth “Lover Boy” Llover, claimed the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) interim bantamweight title with a stunning first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Japanese…

Santisima scores TKO win over Japanese foe in Osaka return

Glendale G. Rosal 12/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Jeo “Santino” Santisima marked a triumphant return to Japan on Sunday, December 14, with a resounding third-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Japanese boxer Hiro Ichimichi in an eight-round non-title fight held in…

Schoolgirl fatally stabbed in southwest Japan

Agence France Presse 12/15/2024

A junior high school student was stabbed to death and another wounded Saturday night by an unknown assailant at a McDonald’s restaurant in southwestern Japan, local media reported.The students were rushed to hospital after the stabbing at…

West Philippine Sea: US, Japan join PH patrol after last China hostility

John Eric Mendoza 12/07/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines, United States, and Japan held a joint patrol in the West Philippine Sea, following the latest aggression of China in the disputed waters. Manila’s routine maritime activity Friday involved the BRP Andres…

A Japanese artist finds solace and global fans with intricate leaf-cutting

Associated Press 12/02/2024

TOKYO (AP) — A frog holding a taro-leaf umbrella. A parade of frolicking animals. An Ukiyo-e style Mount Fuji. Giant waves. A Japanese artist who goes by the name Lito carves these delicate designs on fallen leaves,…

Moderately strong quake hits off central Japan

Agence France Presse 11/27/2024

TOKYO — A moderately strong magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of central Japan Tuesday night, rattling an area still traumatized by a devastating January jolt. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no immediate reports…

Snow seen on Mount Fuji after record time without

Agence France Presse 11/06/2024

Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed Wednesday, after the Japanese mountain’s longest-ever stint with bare slopes. The national weather agency — which compares conditions in exactly the same…

US flies long-range bomber in drill with South Korea, Japan

Associated Press 11/03/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea’s recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to…

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