VERA Files
A video using old news reports is insinuating an escalating conflict between Japan and China.
A YouTube video claimed that Japan is currently transferring weapons to the Philippines, causing alarm in China. This is not true.
The first ever trilateral maritime exercise among the coast guard personnel of the Philippines, the United States and Japan kicked off on Thursday, June 1, ushering in cooperation for a peaceful and stable Asia Pacific.
A YouTube channel passed off an old clip of a drill as one that supposedly shows the Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) sending ships lately to Pag-asa Island to drive away Chinese vessels. This is false. The video is five years old and was taken in Japan. Posted on April 17, the 3-minute and 20-second video […]
A video claiming that the Japanese Coast Guard has started using water cannons to repel Chinese fishing vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is incorrect. The incident cited in the clip actually took place in the East China Sea 11 years ago between the JCG and Taiwanese fishing boats. The eight-minute and seven-second video […]
A YouTube video used a photo collage to falsely claim that Marcos gold documents were released during the visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Japan. This is not true. The photo in the thumbnail is old and unrelated to the Feb. 8 to 12 official trip. The video, posted on Feb. 13, carried the […]
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. It is false. On Sept. 19, the FB page published the post with the caption: “Pray for Japan, ilang maagang pinsala ng Super Typhoon Nanmadol […]
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 apparent attempt to show the supposedly similar conditions of commuters in the Philippines and its two Asian neighbors. FB page President BBM Supporters’ post was […]
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.
The post skews a statement the Philippine ambassador to Japan made in 2019.