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Tag: Japan

  • SAY WHAT: On June 3, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said his country is not seeking conflict. Japan encountered Chinese warships near its territorial waters in 2022, not recently.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video about Japan-China conflict NEEDS CONTEXT

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 08, 2023 11:23 AM

    A video using old news reports is insinuating an escalating conflict between Japan and China.

    China, Japan

  • SAY WHAT: Unveiled only recently, Japan’s Overseas Security Assistance (OSA) aims to bolster defense capabilities of recipient developing countries like the Philippines, but will not include the purchase of lethal equipment. The OSA has yet to be implemented.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japan is NOT moving weapons to PH

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 07, 2023 4:41 PM

    A YouTube video claimed that Japan is currently transferring weapons to the Philippines, causing alarm in China. This is not true.

    Japan, Overseas Security Assistance, Philippines

  • 060123 Japan US Coast Guard in PH 10/11 Photo by Bullit Marquez
    Categories Bullit's Eye News

    First ever trilateral maritime exercise

    By Bullit Marquez  |  Jun 02, 2023 10:16 AM

    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.

    Japan, Philippines, Trilateral Maritime Exercise, United States

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video shows Japan coast guard in Tokyo, NOT Batangas

    By VERA Files  |  May 04, 2023 1:09 PM

    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 […]

    China, Japan, Pag-asa island

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japan NOT involved in water cannon firing in WPS

    By VERA Files  |  May 03, 2023 11:39 AM

    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 […]

    Japan, west philippine sea

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Marcos gold’ not discussed during Japan visit

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 16, 2023 4:55 PM

    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 […]

    bongbong marcos, 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. 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 […]

    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 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 […]

    commuters, Japan, South Korea

  • 101121-false-tokyo-skytree-for-leni_web-copy.png
    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

  • 060220-misleading-japan-ready-to-protect-ph-from-china.png
    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

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