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Int’l tourist influx breaches 5M; Japan 3rd top source in August – DOT

October 13, 2019

Japan ranked as the third highest source of foreign tourist arrivals in the Philippines during the month of August as the number of foreigners who visited the the country for the first eight months of the year has already breached

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Taiwan President Tsai ready to help typhoon-struck Japan

October 13, 2019

Taipei–Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday showed her readiness to provide support to Japan, which was hit by strong Typhoon Hagibis. Expressing her heartfelt sympathy to people affected by the typhoon, Tsai said on Twitter in Japanese that Japan is

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Prime Minister to represent S. Korea at Japan imperial ceremony

October 13, 2019

Seoul–The South Korean government said Sunday that Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon will attend Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement proclamation ceremony later this month. Lee will stay in Japan for three days from Oct. 22, when the “Sokuirei-Seiden-no-Gi” ceremony will be held

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Philippines, 7 other ASEAN members to go live on ASW by yearend

October 13, 2019

The Philippines and seven other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to exchange customs and other trade-related documents over a single integrated online platform by yearend as part of the efforts of the 10-nation bloc

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DILG: Road clearing a continuous program; another validation set in December

October 13, 2019

The national road clearing program is now a continuous program of the government and the Department of the Interior and Local Government will conduct quarterly validation of road clearing efforts of all Local Government Units starting this December. DILG Undersecretary

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BI intercepts Bangladeshi man, Pakistani family for fake Canada docs

October 13, 2019

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has detained a Bangladeshi national who was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for using a fake Canadian passport. BI port operations division chief Grifton Medina said 31-year-old Md Abu Saied was intercepted

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(Update) Typhoon Hagibis leaves 11 dead, 13 missing

October 13, 2019

Tokyo–Powerful Typhoon Hagibis has left 11 people dead and 13 others missing in Japan. The 19th typhoon of this year moved off the Sanriku coast in the Tohoku northeastern region on Sunday morning after crossing the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka

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Japan government speeding up rescue, recovery efforts after typhoon

October 13, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government is boosting efforts to rescue people affected by powerful Typhoon Hagibis, which struck the country Saturday to Sunday, and restore infrastructure. At a meeting of related cabinet ministers on Sunday morning, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed a

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