The Daily Manila Shimbun

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Japan food lifestyle

August 18, 2019

This picture taken on June 21, 2019 shows shop owner Koji Morinishi making a kakigori dessert with natural ice in the Yanaka district of Tokyo. – In a mountainous area north of Tokyo, Yuichiro Yamamoto bows and thanks the gods

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Netherlands Music Festival

August 18, 2019

Japanese women’s punk rock band Otoboke Beaver performs on the second day of the 27th edition of music festival A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise in Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands, 17 August 2019, issued 18 August 2019. EPA/PAUL BERGEN Jiji Press

Philippines to tighten visa upon entry for Chinese nationals

August 18, 2019

The Philippine government will tighten visa upon entry rules for Chinese nationals following the sudden emergence of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) in the country.  “We intend to limit the maximum permissible period to 30 days, blacklist overstaying aliens, ensure

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Lorenzana says entry of Chinese vessels in Philippine waters ”annoying”

August 18, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana criticized the entry of Chinese vessels in Philippine waters, ANC reported on Sunday. Lorenzana questioned Chinese vessels not replying to Philippine Navy vessels who monitored them. The military said five Chinese vessels refused to communicate and

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INTERVIEW: Nippon Ishin blames delay in constitutional debate on diet

August 16, 2019

Tokyo–Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) Secretary-General Nobuyuki Baba has attributed the absence of full-fledged debate on Japan’s Constitution to negligence by the Diet, the country’s parliament. “No full discussions have been made at the commissions on the Constitution”

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Abe cabinet approval rate rises to 47 percent: Jiji Poll

August 16, 2019

Tokyo–The approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet stood at 47.0 pct in August, up 3.9 percentage points from the previous month, a Jiji Press opinion survey showed. The disapproval rate edged down 0.2 point to 30.8 pct,

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LDP Nikai dissatisfied with Japan, U.S. inaction over North Korea

August 16, 2019

Tokyo–Toshihiro Nikai, a top executive of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, expressed Friday dissatisfaction with what he sees as the inaction of Tokyo and Washington over a series of recent projectile launches by North Korea. Both the Japanese and U.S.

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China concerned about Japan going nuclear: Bolton

August 16, 2019

Washington–China is concerned that Japan could go nuclear as a result of a nuclear North Korea, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said in an interview released Thursday on the website of U.S. government-affiliated broadcaster Voice of America. Bolton, who

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