Tag: Japan
Contradictions in Philippine fossil gas production for Japan
Already, environmental disasters are upon us because of the nonstop burning of fossil fuel, coal, gas, and oil for a hundred years
Climate activists in Manila hit Washington’s trilateral summit
The activists noted the significant roles of the involved countries in the global energy sector. US is a leading producer and supplier of LNG
Cardinal Bo: Lent is ‘365 days of real suffering’
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo said Lent teaches the human family great lessons about “liberation from oppression, self-purification, and hope”.
Japanese cardinal reveals Vatican probe into ‘miracles’ for Blessed Takayama Ukon’s...
In 1614, Ukon and 350 Catholics were exiled to Manila due to the Edo Shogunate’s ban on Christianity. He died in Intramuros
Discomfort of comfort women: An outcry for justice
Women’s group Lila Pilipina denounced the Philippine-Japan military pact as the Japanese failed to acknowledge their war crimes against Filipinos and comfort women.
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Caritas Philippines opposes Japan’s plan to release Fukushima wastewater
Japan on August 24 started releasing treated wastewater, 12 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami damaged the power plant in 2011
Pope Francis merges two dioceses in Japan
The new archdiocese has just 51,413 Catholics, less than a third of 1% of the area’s 19 million inhabitants
Japanese, US bishops ink partnership for a nuclear-free world
They called upon world leaders to take actionable measures for the complete eradication of nuclear weapons
Japan uses economic assistance to avoid the comfort women issue
"The Philippines had breached its obligations under CEDAW given the extreme severity of gender-based violence suffered by the victims"
In Photos: US, Japan, and PH hold first-ever trilateral military drill
The three Coast Guards hold the first-ever joint military exercises amidst the rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific region
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