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War Veterans honored

Fifty World War II veterans from Western Visayas were honored for their valor and service during the 42nd Awarding Ceremony of the United States...

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister visits Manila

ISRAELI Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel set off on a landmark diplomatic tour of the Pacific region, starting in the Philippines and continuing to...

China to showcase latest military hardware

BEIJIN – China will unveil a slate of new domestically produced military hardware that will showcase its “powerful capability to prevail in modern war”...

Remembering comfort women

Members of the Power for Lola’s campaign—comprising comfort women groups, descendants of World War II victims, and peace advocates—hold a commemorative action on the...

‘4,000 Allied prisoners of war heldin Taiwan by Japanese in WW II’

JINGUASHI, Taiwan – In a small urban park in Taiwan, more than 4,000 names are etched into a granite wall — most of them...

Restored Nagasaki bell rings in 80 years since A-bomb

Nagasaki—Twin cathedral bells rang in unison Saturday in Japan’s Nagasaki for the first time since the atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago,...

Hiroshima marks 80 as nuke tensions rise

HIROSHIMA – Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed,...

Filipino man with Japanese roots meets Japan relative for first time

A man of Japanese descent, part of the so-called Nikkeijin community in the Philippines, met a Japanese relative for the first time on Wednesday...

Stateless descendants to visit Japan in August

Second-generation descendants of Japanese nationals who were left behind in the Philippines and have remained stateless since World War II will visit Japan next...

Photo exhibit honors World War II victory

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascism War, the Filipino Chinese Amity Club Inc. and the Wachi Veterans Descendants...

UN Charter: Founding document violated, ignored

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Eighty years ago Thursday (Friday in Manila), 50 countries came together in the ashes of World War II to...

Leningrad Siege survivor, 84, fined, prosecuted

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia – Lyudmila Vasilyeva, 84, survived the Siege of Leningrad in World War II as a child. Now, the Russian pensioner has...

Octogenarians in Philippines given Japan citizenship meet Okinawa kin

LINAPACAN, Philippines—Two sisters in their 80s of Japanese descent in the Philippines who had been stateless before being granted citizenship from Japan last year...

‘No one wins in war’ says UK WWII veteran and yoga teacher at 100

“It takes a lot to stop Barron from being cheerful, but she is concerned about current events — especially Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” HARLOW, United...
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