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    • Jackie Chan's Vietnam visit canceled over China sea row 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, November 9, 2019, on page B3)
      Martial-arts film star Jackie Chan's planned visit to Vietnam for a charity has been cancelled following an online backlash related to Beijing's expansive claims in the disputed South China Sea. The Hong Kong-born actor ...

    • Japan cuts out middleman to help struggling fishermen 

      Bloomberg (Manila Standard, February 7, 2017, on page B4)
      Ryohei Nomoto wants to put fresher sashimi on your plate, and more money in the wallets of Japan’s struggling fishermen. His venture airfreights freshly caught fish from across Japan, processes them on the grounds of Tokyo’s ...

    • Japan firm seeks to spawn salmon farm revolution 

      Natsuko, Fukue (Manila Standard, March 1, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      In a mountainous area near Tokyo, the water in a tank is a murk of writhing grey salmon, slithering past each other as they angle for food. They are part of an experiment that Sogo, chief operating officer at FRD Japan, ...

    • Japan offers PH help in sea row 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 4, 2016, on page A2)
      Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on congratulated President-elect Rodrigo Duterte for his victory as he urged the incoming president to push for multilateral talks in settling the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

    • 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 

      Barcelo, Vito; Araneta, Sandy (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 warned against whaling in Antarctic 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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-PH air ‘serious concern’ over South China Sea conflict 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 10, 2022, on page A1-A3)
      Japan and the Philippines agreed to boost security ties in their first foreign and defense ministerial meeting on Saturday, amid worries over China’s increasingly assertive maritime activities. It was the first so-called ...

    • Jellyfish sting: Antidote found 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, May 2, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Australian researchers believe they have found an antidote to a sting from the world's most venomous creature, the much-feared box jellyfish. Researchers at the University of Sydney had been investigating how the venom is ...

    • Joint exploration with China 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, July 9, 2016, on page A3)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said Friday the Philippines was ready to negotiate with China on the joint exploration of oil and fishery resources in the South China Sea after the arbitration court decides ...

    • Justice prods Palace to assert PH rights over Benham 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, February 19, 2018, on page A1)
      Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has rebuffed the position of Malacanang that there is nothing wrong with China naming undersea features in the Philippine Rise. China, Carpio said, has no right to name the ...

    • Kalayaan Island Group eyed as protected area 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, November 28, 2022, on page A4)
      Palawan 3rd District Rep. Edward Hagedorn has filed a bill declaring all low-tide elevations and high-tide features, and an area of three nautical miles around the Kalayaan Island Group and Scarborough Shoal, as a marine ...

    • Karding aftermath: Veggie, fish, rice prices to go up 20% 

      Campos, Othel; Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, September 30, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Prices for vegetables, fish and even rice could shoot up by as much as 20 percent as a result of the damage wrought by super typhoon Karding, the Department of Agriculture (DA) warned Thursday. Agriculture Undersecretary ...

    • Keep fishing ban in parts of Or. Mindoro - BFAR 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, May 10, 2023, on page A3)
      Meanwhile, the coastal waters in Clusters 4 (Bongabong, Roxas, Mansalay, Bulalacao) and Cluster5 (Puerto Galera, Baco, San Teodoro) were found to be within acceptable standards for fishing activities. The provincial ...

    • Kerry: US avoiding maritime conflict 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, July 28, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Washington wants to avoid confrontation in the South China Sea, after meeting with Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay to discuss the Philippines’ victory over China before ...

    • Kill the dolphins, sharks, whales 

      Doronio, Junex (Manila Standard, February 13, 2015, on page B5)
      Mayor Nelson Garcia has maintained that marine animals on Tañon Strait are “parasites” and their population should be controlled by killing some of them, shrugging off criticisms from environmentalists. At a summit on ...

    • Killer whale in France mimics human speech 

      (Manila Standard, February 1, 2018, on page B3)
      Her head above water, Wikie the killer whale looks at the human trainer next to her pool, listens, then loudly vocalizes: "Hello." It is not a perfect imitation, but, astonishingly, recognizable. It is the first scientific ...

    • Korea-trained agriexperts reunite 

      (Manila Standard, October 8, 2016, on page C2)
      To bring scientific information and technologies for agricultural development closer to the people, the Philippine- rural Development Administration ( South Korea) Alumni Association held its sixth genral assembly and ...

    • Labi River: An emerging destination in Nueva Ecija 

      Cinco, Lito (Manila Standard, November 26, 2021, on page C4)
      It may not yet be on the radar of travelers looking for new destinations, but as far as local people in the area are concerned, Labi River in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija has become a favorite weekend place for them. If from ...

    • Lacson: Coast Guard needs a boost to defend WPS, Pag-asa Island 

      (Manila Standard, December 9, 2021, on page A4)
      To empower the Philippine Coast Guard to protect the country’s waters from intrusion and harassment including in the West Philippine Sea, as well as fulfill its other duties as the nation’s primary maritime agency, the PCG ...