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Tag: Japan

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Typhoon Nanmadol DID NOT cause damage to solar panels in Japan

    By vera files fact check  |  Sep 22, 2022 1:06 PM

    A photo of wrecked solar panels, one of the multiple images of damage said to be the result of super typhoon Nanmadol, was posted on a Filipino Facebook (FB) page. […]

    false, false context, Japan, typhoon

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Queue in Japan MISLEADINGLY used to show commuters in S. Korea

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 03, 2022 6:30 PM

    A photo of a queue taken outside an embassy in Tokyo, Japan, was used by a Facebook (FB) page to misrepresent commuters in South Korea. The page’s post was an […]

    commuters, Japan, South Korea

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tokyo Skytree’s pink light display DID NOT symbolize support for Robredo

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 13, 2021 1:38 PM

    On Oct. 1, 2021, the Tokyo landmark, which also serves as a broadcast and communications tower, featured a special light display in celebration of Breast Awareness Month, according to its official website.

    Japan, pink, Robredo, Tokyo

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japan DID NOT say it will ‘protect’ PH from China

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 03, 2020 6:52 PM

    The post skews a statement the Philippine ambassador to Japan made in 2019.

    China, Japan, South China Sea

  • Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Only Hokkaido, NOT whole Japan, facing 2nd wave of COVID-19 cases

    By VERA Files  |  May 19, 2020 6:40 PM

    It again declared a state of emergency on April 14.

    COVID19, Japan

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming Japan’s PM announced COVID-19 ‘medicine’ MISLEADING

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 06, 2020 8:01 AM

    The netizen inaccurately interprets a statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

    COVID-19, Japan

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of ‘1,000’ Japanese medical volunteers heading to Wuhan NOT TRUE

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 04, 2020 10:08 PM

    It’s over 11 years old.

    2019 nCoV, Japan

  • Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono.jpg
    Categories ASEAN at 50 Editor's Pick News

    China, PH urged to ‘abide’ by Arbitral Tribunal decision

    By Arianne Christian Tapao  |  Aug 07, 2017 10:51 PM

    What the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers dared not mention, their three dialogue partners did.

    asean, Japan, North Korea, South China Sea

  • Categories Top Stories

    The President should know when to show off his knowledge of war history

    Jun 05, 2015 12:46 AM

      By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS               MUCH of the tension between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea territorial conflict would have been avoided if President Aquino knew when […]

    China, Japan, Sudetenland

  • Categories Top Stories

    PH envoy to Japan: Policy shift strengthens Japan’s role as regional balancing force

    Jul 26, 2014 10:28 PM

      By NORMAN SISON Last July 1, the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revised its interpretation of the country’s pacifist constitution. Article 9 of the charter, imposed by […]

    Amb. Manuel Lopez, Japan

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