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PHILIPPINES

COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2014
Alarm bells ringing in Asia
The deteriorating situation in Ukraine and rising tensions between Russia and the U.S. threaten to bury President Barack Obama's floundering 'pivot' toward Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 6, 2014
China's civilian fleet is a potent force asserting sovereignty in disputed seas
From harassing Filipino fishing boats and monitoring oil exploration off Vietnam to playing cat-and-mouse with the Japan Coast Guard, China's expanding fleet of civilian patrol vessels have become the enforcers in disputed Asian waters.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 17, 2014
Filipino academic community in Japan unites to aid typhoon-hit homeland
Reggy Figer saw the news. A rapidly intensifying typhoon was heading towards his family in Tacloban. Concerned and nearly 3,000 km away in Nagoya, Figer sent a text message to his sister, Aileen Rose Figer-Peru, asking her to go to his parents' home.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2014
Torture happens when people are your export
It's simply easier for leaders of some countries to export their own people abroad and count the money than to take on vested interests and generate opportunities at home.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 4, 2014
Back and forward: Asia in 2013; predictions for 2014
Crystal-ball gazing is a notoriously inexact science, so before getting to that, let's lessen the potential exposure to ridicule by starting with a roundup of the last 12 months' key trends and events in Asia.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 27, 2013
Japan should take English lessons from Philippines
English is an official language of the Philippines but this does not mean that everyone understands or speaks English. However, it does mean that exposure to the language is so widespread that those who do speak it can communicate quite fluently.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 13, 2013
Abe rubs elbows with ASEAN chiefs
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with the top leaders from Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines and Singapore, expressing concerns about China's setting of a new air defense zone over the East China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2013
Five myths about helping out the Philippines
Among common misconceptions about assistance to victims of communities shattered by storms or earthquakes are that locals wait for the international community to come save them and that goods and services are 'free' donations.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2013
Defense ties with Manila get boost from China threat
Japan and the Philippines pledge to boost defense ties as both express concern over China's new air defense identification zone in the East China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHARITY DRIVE 2013
Dec 5, 2013
Philippine foundation assists typhoon victims
For 39 years, ERDA, a nongovernmental organization, has helped poor, disadvantaged and excluded children across the Philippines, especially dropouts, receive education.

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