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Japan protests Chinese navy sailing near disputed islands
(Manila Bulletin,July 5, 2022 , on page 6)Japan lodged a protest with China on Monday over a Chinese naval vessel sailing near disputed islands, a Japanese official said, as reports emerged of Russia also sending its own navy ship to the area. The islets in the ... -
Japan provides $6M for biotech aquaculture lab in Iloilo
(The Philippine Star,September 28, 2001 , on page B-2)Japan has provided a grant of $6 million (more than P30 million) for the establishment of an aquaculture biotechnology laboratory of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department ... -
Japan reiterates commitment to stronger bilateral ties with PHL in VP's visit
(BusinessWorld,September 28, 2022 , on page S1/9)Japan's leader has reiterated his country’s commitment to stronger bilateral cooperation with the Philippines during a courtesy call by Philippine Vice President Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio, who attended the state funeral of ... -
Japan seafood exporters get emergency relief
(The Manila Times,September 6, 2023 , on page B4)Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Monday a 20.7-billion yen ($141-million) emergency fund to help exporters hit by China's ban on Japanese seafood over the release of treated radioactive wastewater from ... -
Japan sends warships to South China Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 11, 2020 , on page A11)Japan’s Maritime Self-defense Force conducted anti-submarine drills in the South China Sea on Oct. 9, deploying three vessels including a helicopter aircraft carrier and a submarine, according to the Japanese defence ministry. -
Japan sets 2-yr microplastics survey in coastal areas
(The Manila Times,January 30, 2020 , on page B6)Scientists will begin a two-year survey of microplastics in the coastal waters off Japan from April, a research group announced on Wednesday, with concern growing about the impact of plastics on the oceans. The survey ... -
Japan slams China reclamations in disputed sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 22, 2015 , on page A1-A4)Japan slammed China's bid to reclaim land in the South China Sea as a "coercive attempt" to force sweeping maritime claims, in a defense paper coinciding with Tokyo's bid for legislation to expand the Japanese military ... -
Japan spy plane circles disputed waters
(The Philippine Star,June 24, 2015 , on page 1-4)A Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea yesterday at the start of an exercise with the Philippine military that has irked China. According to Japanese and Philippine officials, ... -
Japan stops rescue amid 'violent' storm
(Manila Standard,September 6, 2020 , on page A2)Japanese authorities on Saturday temporarily suspended their search for dozens of missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon, as waves and strong wind caused by an approaching storm hampered the operation. ... -
Japan tells China: No done deal in sea spat
(Manila Standard,June 18, 2015 , on page A1-A2)Japan warned China on Wednesday that its extensive land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea does not make ownership "a done deal" after Beijing announced it had almost finished its controversial island building. ... -
Japan to fight trade ban on tuna
(BusinessWorld,March 12, 2010 , on page S1/10)Japan vowed Thursday to fight a global trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna, the pricey mainstay of sushi and sashimi, as Europe and the United States step up moves to protect the species. The world's largest consumer of ... -
Japan to restart commercial whale hunts
(Panay News,December 27, 2018 , on page 6)Japan said it will restart commercial whaling in July in a move that is likely to draw international criticism. It said it would withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the body tasked with whale conservation. ... -
Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic
(The Philippine Star,December 27, 2018 , on page 15)Japan announced yesterday it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume hunting the animals for commercial use, but said it will no longer go to the Antarctic for its much-criticized annual killings of ... -
Japan to send largest warship to disputed sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 15, 2017 , on page A13)Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War II. China claims almost ... -
Japan to try again to justify 'scientific' whaling
(BusinessWorld,April 15, 2015 , on page S1/9)Japan stop Whaling negotiator said on Tuesday Tokyo would try again to justify its "scientific" Antarctic Ocean hunt after a panel of experts said the government had not proved why it needed to kill the mammals. Joji ... -
Japan tuna price soars past $270,000 at New Year auction
(Manila Bulletin,January 6, 2023 , on page 4)The top-selling tuna at Tokyo's traditional New Year auction sold for more than $270,000 on Thursday, nearly double last year's price, breaking a pandemic trend of slumping demand. Michelin-starred sushi restaurant Onodera ... -
Japan vows to fight global trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
(Manila Bulletin,March 15, 2010 , on page B-9)Japan vowed Thursday to fight a global trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna, the pricey mainstay of sushi and sashimi, as Europe and the United States step up moves to protect the species. The world's largest consumer of ... -
Japan warned against whaling in Antarctic
(Manila Standard,November 30, 2015 , on page B8)Environmental activities group Sea Shepherd warned Japan on Sunday against resuming "research" whaling in the Antarctic and called on the Australian government to intervene. After a decade of harassment by Sea Shepherd, ... -
Japan won’t send troops to disputed seas
(The Philippine Star,November 23, 2015 , on page 13)Japan yesterday backed the United States sailing warships close to disputed land in the South China Sea, but said it had no plans to send its own maritime forces to support the operation. Last month Washington infuriated ... -
Japan's food producers aim to cultivate a taste for fake fish
(The Manila Times,July 10, 2023 , on page C6)For all of its exuberantly vast scale, and all its sumptuous products, and its fizzingly enthusiastic post-pandemic exhibitors, the Foodex 2023 trade show captured Japan at a vulnerable moment. One exhibit in particular ...