27 Human trafficking victims rescued in Japan in 2018
May 24, 2019
Tokyo–A total of 27 people were taken into protective custody as victims of human trafficking in Japan in 2018, down by 19 from the previous year, the government said Friday. Of the total, the number of Japanese victims dropped by
Kono blames WTO dispute settlement system as dysfunctional
May 24, 2019
Paris–Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono criticized Thursday the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement system as totally dysfunctional. Referring to the WTO Appellate Body’s ruling in favor of South Korea’s ban on Japanese seafood imports, Kono told an unofficial ministerial meeting
Survey showing improvement of Filipino lives “loud repudiation” against Duterte detractors, Palace says
May 24, 2019
Malacanang said on Friday that the latest survey showing the improvement of lives of 38 percent of Filipinos was another “loud repudiation” against the detractors of the Duterte administration. The first quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey said 38 percent of
Japan enacts bill to reduce food loss
May 24, 2019
Tokyo–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, passed into law Friday a bill to promote measures for reducing food loss, or food that can be eaten but is thrown away. The lawmaker-sponsored bill was adopted unanimously at a plenary session of the House
Duterte taps former military general as MWSS chair
May 24, 2019
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a retired military general as chairman of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS). In a speech Thursday night in Davao City during the thanksgiving party for his former close aide and now Senator-elect Christopher
Stocks end lower, peso gains vs US dollar
May 24, 2019
Philippine stocks ended lower on Friday, but week-on-week the main index closed 2.25 percent higher. The peso finished at P52.16 against the US dollar from P52.50 on Thursday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the
Duterte says Trillanes a “shame”
May 24, 2019
President Rodrigo Duterte has called opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as a “shame.” His latest verbal attack against Trillanes came a day after Peter Joemel Advincula, who claimed to be “Bikoy” in the “Ang Totoong Narco List” videos retracted his
Pair of yubari melons fetch record 5 M. Yen
May 24, 2019
Sapporo–A pair of Yubari melons sold for an all-time high of 5 million yen in this season’s first auction at the wholesale market in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, on Friday. The price substantially surpassed the previous record of 3.2 million
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