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Ronron Calunsod
For Ronron Calunsod's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2016
Filipinos hope for wartime rape redress
One of the two groups representing Filipino women who were victims of sexual abuse during World War II is hopeful of getting justice from Japan after Tokyo last month struck an agreement with South Korea over its "comfort women," according to its members and lawyers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2015
Former 'comfort women,' leftists protest growing Philippines-Japan military ties
Victims of Japanese military wartime sex abuses in the Philippines and leftist groups protested in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila last week to denounce growing military ties between the Philippines and Japan as the two nations held naval drills in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2015
Philippine prison chief's humane treatment of Japanese POWs a lesson in forgiveness: son
"You must stop the cycle of violence, the cycle of hatred."
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 21, 2015
Relatives of Philippine leader Quirino recall 1953 act of forgiveness toward Japan
As the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II nears, one family in the Philippines remembers how their country and Japan re-established friendly ties after a tragedy that reduced parts of the Philippines, including Manila, to rubble and left more than a million Filipinos dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2014
Japan doctors donate new medical building to typhoon-hit city in Philippines
A nonprofit medical organization based in Japan is donating funds for a new building to be used by a doctors' group in the central Philippines that had its headquarters destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 5, 2014
Philippines man leads lonely quest to honor kamikaze pilots
Seventy years after Japan formed its first kamikaze unit in the Philippines, one local resident remains adamant that the suicide pilots were noble warriors who should be honored in the nation their military occupied.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2014
Japanese descendants in Philippines celebrate their cultural roots
Filipinos of Japanese descent celebrated their native culture this week, with an annual "matsuri"-style festival on the southern island of Mindanao, aiming to foster links between the two cultures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2014
Filipino plantation experiments with growing buckwheat for soba noodles in Japan
A Japanese company is growing buckwheat, popularly known back home as soba, in the southern Philippine province of Lanao del Sur on Mindanao Island with the aim of exporting it to Japan starting later this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2014
Shrapnel in leg Leyte man's war memento
Many elderly people in the Philippines have made it their task in life to tell the younger generation of their ordeals during World War II in a bid to prevent war from ever happening again.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2013
School building opens for tribal Philippine kids
A new school building funded by the Japanese government was recently opened for children of the B'laan tribe in the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2013
Japanese-Filipino, 86, a survivor of bicultural ordeal
Koichi Sakae was 14 and living on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and then hours later hit U.S. bases in the Philippines.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2013
Guam promoting its WWII sites for Japanese visitors
Private tour guides, officials and residents of Guam are encouraging Japanese tourists to check out the Pacific island's wartime memorial sites and not just spend time on its pristine beaches and shopping destinations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2013
On Guam liberation day, 'colonial' U.S. riles
Guam this week marked the 69th anniversary of its liberation from wartime Japanese forces, holding a parade at the historic Marine Corps Drive in the capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2013
Don't let isle rifts derail growth, expert tells Asia
Asian economies should be focusing on their growth and not on territorial disputes, a leading Singapore-based analyst said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 26, 2013
Imelda Marcos: fan of Japan's culture
One-time Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, who gained global fame for her flamboyance and extravagant collection of 2,700 pairs of shoes when her husband, the late Ferdinand Marcos, was president from 1965 to 1986, said she marvels at Japan because of its rise to greatness despite its many limitations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2013
Japan builds on Philippine students' dreams
To some people, the seven-classroom facility used by elementary school students in the Muslim-dominated southern Philippine village of Bualan in the town of Pikit is just a building — though evidently a well-built one.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2013
Guam eager to keep Japanese visitors coming
The government of Guam is desperate to keep Japanese coming to the island despite last week's attack that left three tourists dead and 11 people wounded.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2013
Young Filipinos with Japan benefactor pay it forward
Bemel Grace Arnaiz, a 15-year-old girl from the conflict-torn town of Makilala on the Philippine island of Mindanao, has been able to attend school for the last three years because of a sponsor from Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2012
Philippine rejection of U.S. bases an example for activists
Visiting activists from Japan have expressed hope that Tokyo will emulate Manila's rejection of U.S. bases two decades ago, citing mainly the negative social impacts of maintaining the installations and the Philippines' successful conversion of the sites into economic hubs.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2012
Filipino radio show promotes Japanese culture
Students of a Japanese college in a southern Philippines city are propagating Japan's culture and language among locals via a commercial FM radio station.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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