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    • Japan defends dolphin hunt after US criticism 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, January 22, 2014, on page A-22)
      A Japanese government spokesman defended an annual dolphin hunt Monday, after U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy tweeted that she was deeply concerned by the inhumanity of the practice. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga ...

    • Japan not joining US patrols in disputed seas 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, November 18, 2015, on page 10)
      Japan is not joining the United States’ “freedom of navigation” operations in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea but supports the superpower’s endeavor to achieve peace and security in the region, Japanese ...

    • Japan PM backs Rody on WPS 

      Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, May 20, 2021, on page 2)
      Amid the concerns over the West Philippine Sea, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has expressed support for President Duterte’s stance, aired before the United Nations General Assembly last year, that the 2016 arbitral ...

    • Japan proposes end to commercial whaling ban 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, September 12, 2018, on page 21)
      Japan proposed an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling at an international conference Monday, arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure. But the proposal faces ...

    • Japan provides $6M for biotech aquaculture lab in Iloilo 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (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 spy plane circles disputed waters 

      Reuters (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 to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic 

      Associated Press (AP) (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 won’t send troops to disputed seas 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 whaling science under the microscope 

      (The Philippine Star, June 4, 2015, on page B-8)
      When Japanese researchers said earlier this year that eating whale meat could help prevent dementia and memory loss, the news provoked snorts of derision - it couldn't be real science, went the retort. Despite protestations ...

    • Japanese tuna nets $3.1 M at auction 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, January 7, 2019, on page A21)
      A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna on Saturday as Tokyo's new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first predawn new year's auction. Bidding ...

    • Jinggoy says he gave away bangus, not cash 

      Clapano, Jose Rodel; Servallos, Neil Jayson; Tupas, Emmanuel; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, May 5, 2020, on page 6)
      Former senator Jinggoy Estrada denied yesterday the accusation by San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora that he distributed money to the city residents, saying he gave away bangus or milkfish. “We have been giving away free bangus ...

    • Jinggoy says he gave away bangus, not cash 

      Clapano, Jose Rodel; Servallos, Neil Jayson; Tupas, Emmanuel; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, May 5, 2020, on page 6)
      Former senator Jinggoy Estrada denied yesterday the accusation by San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora that he distributed money to the city residents, saying he gave away bangus or milkfish. “We have been giving away free bangus ...

    • Joint Agro-Aquatic Venture 

      (The Philippine Star, November 24, 2002, on page B-4)
      Four agro-aquatic organizations from a joint venture in integrated rice-fish farming using organic inputs only in production of rice and fish. Alongside is the production of high value vegetables using organic inputs and ...

    • Joint exploration may settle SCS row- Carpio 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, December 9, 2018, on page 7)
      The recently signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Philippines and Chins on joint oil gas development could serve as the foundation for finally settling the disputes in the South China Sea, Supreme Court ...

    • Joint exploration on the rough seas 

      Gonzales, Iris (The Philippine Star, June 20, 2019, on page B4)
      The fishing boat is every bit Filipino — the outrigger is made of bamboo, the rope used on the gunwale is made of Manila hemp or abaca, and the materials used for the hull are most certainly locally made too. The pale blue ...

    • 'Joint exploration, exploitation in WPS unconstitutional' 

      Punay, Edu; Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, November 27, 2018, on page 4)
      Joint exploration and exploitation of resources in the West Philippine Sea with China is unconstitutional, acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said yesterday. "Joint exploration and exploitation is prohibited in our ...

    • Joint patrols to benefit fishermen- senators 

      Romero, Paolo; Punongbayan, Michael; Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, February 5, 2023, on page 1-4)
      Joint maritime patrols by the Philippines and the US in the South China Sea will greatly help in reducing encroachments by Chinese vessels as well as incidents of harassment against Filipino fishermen and other local vessels ...

    • Kalayaan: Sovereignty and joint business opportunity 

      Romulo, Roberto R. (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2020, on page B5)
      The recent visit of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea brings back a time when I was foreign affairs secretary in the 1990s. It was during that period when we were blindsided by ...

    • Kapis shell industry being revived 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, July 31, 2000, on page B-5)
      Kapis is known scientifically as Placuna placenta and locally as "lampirong." It is a bivalve mollusk with translucent shells and a very small body. The only source of this shell is wild stocks that used to abound in some ...

    • Kapiz shell industry being revived 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, July 7, 2002, on page B-4)
      The country's kapiz (window pane oyster) shell industry, which dwindled to near extinction in recent years owing to overexploitation of this mollusk, is well on its way to being revived. Spearheading the move is the ...