VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japan DID NOT say it will ‘protect’ PH from China
The post skews a statement the Philippine ambassador to Japan made in 2019.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Only Hokkaido, NOT whole Japan, facing 2nd wave of COVID-19 cases
It again declared a state of emergency on April 14.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming Japan’s PM announced COVID-19 ‘medicine’ MISLEADING
The netizen inaccurately interprets a statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
China, PH urged to ‘abide’ by Arbitral Tribunal decision
What the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers dared not mention, their three dialogue partners did.
South China Sea in Japan visit agenda
By CHARMAINE DEOGRACIAS IF the South China Sea took a backseat in President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China, it will be high in the agenda in his bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday. A diplomatic source said, Duterte will look to Japan for its maritime security needs in the South
The President should know when to show off his knowledge of war history
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 to keep his mouth shut. In the 21st International Conference on the Future of Asia sponsored by Nikkei last Wednesday in Tokyo, Aquino was asked
PH envoy to Japan: Policy shift strengthens Japan’s role as regional balancing force
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 the United States during its occupation of Japan after World War II, limits the Japanese military to a purely defensive role. Under its new policy
