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A China Coast Guard ship navigates near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in August.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 16, 2025
China says Philippine ship ‘deliberately rammed’ coast guard vessel in South China Sea
The clash near the flash point Scarborough Shoal, which is also claimed by Manila, came just days after Beijing approved plans to turn the area into a national nature reserve.
Protesters stage an anti-corruption rally at EDSA Shrine in Quezon City, metro Manila, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 15, 2025
Philippine president says corruption scandal protests justified
A corruption scandal involving phony flood-control projects has prompted a series of protests across the capital Manila in recent weeks.
Sailors aboard the U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn conduct a small boat operation during a "Maritime Cooperative Activity" with the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Osumi tank-landing ship and the Philippine Navy's Jose Rizal frigate in the South China Sea on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 14, 2025
Beijing denounces joint U.S.-Japan-Philippines patrol of South China Sea
China criticized the joint trilateral exercises, alleging that Manila has “frequently colluded with non-regional countries” to organize the patrols.
Chinese passports left behind in one of the rooms of a dormitory building at a former online casino compound in Bamban, the Philippines, last December after a raid revealed the mayor’s business connections to a money-laundering scandal and sparked allegations of Chinese espionage.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2025
Philippines says Chinese ‘malign influence activities’ continue at high pace
A top Philippine security official has said that the espionage activities are “almost on par” with Beijing’s ship deployments in parts of the South China Sea.
A reporter records video over Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea in February 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2025
U.S. rejects China nature reserve plan in South China Sea area near Philippines
The U.S. called China’s plan to create a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal in the disputed sea area "destabilizing.”
A Philippine Navy soldier observes Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Takanami from a Philippine ship in the South China Sea, on June 14.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2025
Japan-Philippines visiting-forces pact comes into force as defense ties blossom
The pact will serve as the legal basis for Japanese and Philippine forces operating in each other’s countries, paving the way for greater cooperation amid tensions with Beijing.
A Chinese Navy ship speeds past a Philippine fishing boat while the Philippine, Australia and Canadian navies conduct a joint drill near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Sept. 2.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 10, 2025
Manila working on new protocols for dealing with Beijing in South China Sea
As tensions heat up in the waterway, the Philippines is updating its existing rules of engagement as part of a whole-of-government approach.
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 9, 2025
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
Japan has been assisting the Philippines in several ways, including by providing security equipment and training — and could soon offer up used warships.
A container believed to contain the body of a Japanese man killed in Manila is unloaded from an airplane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2025
Bodies of two Japanese men killed in Manila arrive at Haneda Airport
The two were robbed on the night of Aug. 15, shortly after leaving a taxi near their hotel. They were shot and their belongings were stolen.
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 1, 2025
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
Pag-asa Island — population 400 — sits on the front line of a simmering territorial dispute between Beijing and Manila in the flash point South China Sea.
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
A decision is expected in the “coming months,” a senior government official in Manila said, following an inspection of the Abukuma-class destroyer escorts.
The Metropolitan Police Department has launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of two Japanese tourists in Manila this month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2025
Tokyo police launch probe into murder of two Japanese tourists in Manila
Hideaki Satori and Akinobu Nakayama were shot shortly after getting out of a taxi near their hotel on Aug. 15.
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2025
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
The moves come as Manila settles into a view that alliances, geography and economic interests would inevitably pull it into any U.S. conflict with China over the island.
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2025
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
The latest suspect is believed to have hired two men in the Philippines to kill the two Japanese nationals, possibly over a financial dispute.
An evening street in Manila. Philippine police have arrested two male suspects over the deadly shootings of two Japanese nationals in Manila last week.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2025
Two men arrested in deadly shootings of Japanese nationals in Manila
Authorities said that the victims were a 53-year-old and a 42-year-old traveling in the Philippines and that someone may have hired the suspects to kill them.
Commuters cross the street through traffic in Manila.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 18, 2025
Two Japanese nationals shot dead in Manila
Officials at the Japanese embassy in the Philippine capital confirmed the two deaths Sunday.
Jose Takei, an 82-year-old man of Japanese descent in the Philippines, speaks during an interview on Aug. 8 at the Foreign Ministry.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2025
Stateless man of Japanese descent in Philippines eager for Japan citizenship
The son of a Japanese man and Filipino woman, Jose Takei never met his father, who left before he was born to join the Japanese military during World War II.
People watch a cockfight in Bulacan province, north of Manila. Cockfighting has long been a national obsession in the Philippines, tracing its lineage to well before the first Spanish arrived in the 1500s.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 15, 2025
Online cockfighting thrives in Philippines despite ban and murders
Authorities estimate cockfight bettors are fueling an industry that generates millions of dollars in revenue each week.
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2025
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
Video released by Manila showed a China Coast Guard ship and a much larger vessel bearing the number 164 on its hull colliding with a loud crash.
Sara Duterte, vice president of the Philippines, speaks during a campaign event in Manila on May 8. The Philippine Senate on Wednesday voted to shelve an impeachment complaint against her after the country's top court ruled it as unconstitutional.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 7, 2025
Philippine Senate shelves VP Duterte’s impeachment case
The vote follows a ruling by the country's top court that the complaint was unconstitutional.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
China says Philippine ship ‘deliberately rammed’ coast guard vessel in South China Sea
A China Coast Guard ship navigates near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in August.
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

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