Consular processing windows at the Philippine Embassy in Japan will remain open to the transacting public at lunch hour.

Three months after the deadly March 11 magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the country gave the Philippines a clearance to send a 14-day medical mission to help the victims.

Four Filipino youth volunteers recently took part in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Youth Caravan of Goodwill, which sought to bring comfort to victims of the recent twin disasters in Japan.

Philippine embassy officials in Tokyo represented the country in an international tree-planting event at Mt. Fuji in Japan last week.

Philippine officials in Japan sought understanding from ePassport applicants over the continued delay in the release of the documents.

The Philippine Embassy in Japan, relaying an advisory of the Department of Justice (DOJ) reminded Filipinos in that country against becoming drug mules.

The image of Filipino women over the Internet as “good wives” may have inspired many Japanese to marry Filipinas and caused the further spike in the number of interracial marriages despite restrictive visa rules in Japan.

Starting June 1, the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, Japan will only accept and process online ePassport applications.

Starting June 1, the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, Japan will only accept and process online ePassport applications.

A second batch of 50 Filipinos from Japan – 27 of them children – who availed of the government’s repatriation program for those living near a quake-crippled nuclear plant arrived home Wednesday afternoon.