July 23, is celebrated annually as Philippines-Japan Friendship Day, as mandated by Proclamation No. 854 in 2006.

Toyota Motor Philippine (TMP)’s premier racing series, is returning to the Clark International Speedway in Mabalacat, Pampanga on Aug. 9 for its third and final race weekend of 2025.

Higher US tariffs and trade uncertainty have worsened the economic outlook for developing Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank said in a report on Wednesday as it lowered its growth ...

BEIJING – Alibaba Group announced on Wednesday the launch of Qwen3-Coder, an open-source artificial intelligence model for software development that the Chinese e-commerce giant described as its most ...

BEIJING – China’s commerce minister and the European Union’s trade chief had a “candid and in-depth” discussion on economic and trade cooperation as well as other issues that both sides face, the ...

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce his resignation by the end of next month, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday. Mr. Ishiba is facing growing opposition from ...

WASHINGTON/TOKYO – The United States and Japan struck a deal to lower the hefty tariffs President Donald Trump threatened to impose on goods from its Asian ally that included a $550 billion package of ...

The United Nations’ highest court will deliver an opinion on Wednesday that is likely to determine the course of future climate action across the world. Known as an advisory opinion, the deliberation ...

In a major effort to intensify the fight against cryptocurrency-related fraud in the country, Scam Watch Pilipinas has partnered with Chainabuse.

US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a new 19% tariff rate for goods from the Philippines after what he called a “beautiful visit” by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the White ...

THIS YEAR is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and she hasn’t aged a bit as the cultural touchstone of classy romance. Her Pride and Prejudice anti-hero, Mr. Darcy, perennially pops up in ...

AROUND 90,000 customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) are affected by power outages as of 2 p.m. brought by heavy rains caused by southwest monsoon. In a statement on Tuesday, Meralco said that the ...