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JAPAN
Jan 22, 2008
Decision time nears for Philippine EPA
Proponents are hoping the Philippine Senate in the coming weeks will ratify the proposed free-trade agreement with Japan, arguing that even though the country may gain little initially from the pact, it stands to lose greatly as other nations in the area join in such accords.
JAPAN / History
Nov 1, 2007
Philippine naval battle dead remembered
Japanese military personnel who died in naval battles with U.S. forces during World War II were remembered last week at a ceremony unveiling a historical marker in the southern Philippines where many were cremated. Historians and war veterans say as many as 500 Japanese sailors and soldiers were cremated at a public high school in Surigao City, about 710 km south of Manila. They were defeated by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Surigao Strait on Oct. 24 and 25, 1944.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2007
Manila art exhibit 'interrupts' sex slave trauma
Art for art's sake is not the maxim of an international group of artists using their works to "interrupt" the trauma of the "comfort women" forced into sexual slavery at Japanese military brothels during the war. Central to the theme of "Trauma, Interrupted," a contemporary art exhibit at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila by female artists from six countries, including Japan, is the concept of using art to salve the pain caused by sexual slavery and violence against women.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2006
Medical workers may be losers in FTA
MANILA (Kyodo) Philippine officials may be upbeat about finalizing the bilateral free-trade agreement with Japan this weekend, but there is some concern that the country's medical workers will be the losers in the deal.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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