A Japanese national living in Japan is suspected of ordering the killing of two fellow Japanese men in Manila, possibly over a financial dispute, Philippine police said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/crime-legal/manila-killing-suspects-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #philippinejapanrelations #guns #philippines #tourism
Jose Takei, an 82-year-old man of Japanese descent who became stateless after being left in the Philippines as a child following the end of World War II, is keen to get Japanese citizenship while he is in good health. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/filipino-japanese-citizenship/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #philippines #wwii #foreignministry #shigeruishiba #citizenship #stateless
Divers have spent more than a month searching a lake south of Manila for the bodies of men with links to the Philippines' bloody national obsession: cockfighting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/philippines-online-cockfighting-gambling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #philippines #gambling #animals
A Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its coast guard while chasing a Philippines patrol boat in the South China Sea, Manila said Monday, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/asia-pacific/collide-philippine-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #philippines #southchinasea
Philippine senators have voted to shelve an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte after the country's top court ruled it as unconstitutional. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/asia-pacific/politics/philippine-senate-duterte-impeachment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines#saraduterte #ferdinandmarcosjr #southeastasia
The Philippines may temporarily suspend rice imports to support local farmers in the world’s biggest buyer, potentially increasing the risk of expanding a global surplus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/04/rice-importer-philippines-farmers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #philippines #rice #agriculture #trade #southeastasia
Indian Navy warships have begun patrolling areas of the South China Sea with their Philippine counterparts for the first time as Manila has heightened defense cooperation with allies over the past year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-india-navy-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #india #defense #southchinasea #china
Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a senior member of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Philippines to three years and six months in prison for fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/jp-dragon-senior-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jpdragon #fraud #japanesecourts #philippines #tokyo #organizedcrime
The work of informal e-waste dismantlers in the Philippines, who scavenge electronic waste for the nickel, aluminum and copper inside, releases a toxic brew of chemicals including lead, mercury and cadmium into the air. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/29/sustainability/philippine-e-waste-dismantle-health/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #philippines #ewaste #pollution #health
The Philippines’ Supreme Court has said the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte is unconstitutional, in a stunning victory for the embattled politician and rival of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/26/asia-pacific/politics/philippine-court-sara-duterte-impeachment-unlawful/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics#saraduterte #philippines #ferdinandmarcosjr
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced a senior member of a Philippines-based Japanese crime ring to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a nationwide robbery scheme. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/crime-legal/luffy-senior-member-prison-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #fraud #theft #philippines #luffy
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a new 19% tariff rate for goods from the Philippines after what he called a "beautiful visit" by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the White House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/23/economy/us-philippines-trade-talks-yield-modest-tariff-shift-after-trump-marcos-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #philippines #ferdinandmarcosjr #trade #indopacific #china
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. received assurances from top U.S. officials during a visit to Washington that the United States' alliance with his country remains ironclad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/us-philippines-marcos-hegseth-rubio/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #us #indopacific #southeastasia #china #usmilitary #petehegseth #marcorubio #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #ferdinandmarcos #jr
Manny Pacquiao's bid to make a victorious, fairy-tale return to boxing at the age of 46 came up short on Saturday, as the Filipino icon was held to a draw by Mario Barrios. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/20/more-sports/pacquiao-barrios-draw/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #mannypacquiao #philippines #mariobarrios
Public prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 23-year prison term for a senior member of the Philippines-based "Luffy" Japanese crime ring that allegedly masterminded a series of robbery and fraud cases across Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/crime-legal/luffy-sentence-request/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #philippines #japanesecourts #fraud #gangs #socialmedia
As 27 million Filipino students returned to school in June, teachers' groups said classrooms remained ill-equipped to withstand climate disasters and prevent learning loss due to insufficient funding for education. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/10/sustainability/philippines-green-schools-climate-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #philippines #climatechange #schools #environment #heatwaves #unesco
China's aggressiveness in the Indo-Pacific is rooted in long-standing strategic ambitions that have nothing to do with any U.S. policy, the Philippines' top defense official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/asia-pacific/politics/philippine-defense-chief-us-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #philippines #southchinasea #us #asean
Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China's maritime expansion, the Yomiuri newspaper reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/06/japan/japan-gives-philippines-used-destroyers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sdf #msdf #philippines #china #defense
A senior member of a crime ring that allegedly masterminded a series of robbery and fraud cases across Japan pleaded guilty at the first hearing of his trial at the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/crime-legal/luffy-first-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #philippines #luffy #japanesecourts #fraud #socialmedia
Days after the Philippine Senate declined to launch the impeachment trial of the country's vice president, two interviews with Filipinos arguing for and against the move went viral. Neither were real. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/asia-pacific/politics/ai-sara-duterte-impeachment-philippines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #ai #deepfakes #misinformation#saraduterte #philippines