Manila News Daily was founded this year, a year that marks two overlapping milestones: the 70th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Philippines, and the 40th year since our editor made the Philippines his home.
On July 23, 1956, Japan and the Philippines normalized diplomatic relations, and over the 70 years since, the two countries have built ties through economic, cultural, and personal exchange. |
The editor myself, over 40 years of life in this country, have watched both sides of the Japan-Philippines relationship while running a real estate brokerage as his main business and a food-and-beverage venture on the side, and through volunteer work and community service.
There was another publication that, like us, had been documenting these activities: the Philippine-based Japanese-language newspaper Manila Shimbun (Nikkan Manila Shimbun), founded in May 1992.
It ceased publication after executives and a former president of its parent company, which had been funding its operations, were arrested on fraud charges.
As a result, the record of Japan-Philippines connecting activities that we had built up over the years became inaccessible to us, a painful loss for those of us who had been readers since its founding, and who had also been covered by it at events and elsewhere.
This site is offered free of charge to readers, as an independent publication connecting Japan and the Philippines, covering everything from political, economic, and social news to Japan-Philippines relations, serialized features, and opinion pieces.
Thank you for reading.
July 23, 2026, on the 70th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-Philippines diplomatic relations.
Editor ASAHIKO YARA
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