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“Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 11)

And yet he abruptly left Paris and moved to Brussels (January 1890). His friends said he must have fled to escape the way his love troubles were…
History

History of Japan-Philippines Relations (8)

"Japayuki-san" is a term for women who traveled to Japan, by then a high-growth economic power, to work as migrant laborers.
Fiction

“Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 10)

Just as the distant state of affairs in his homeland was troubling him so, a difficulty arose closer at hand as well.
History

History of Japan-Philippines Relations (7)

Just six years after the normalization of diplomatic relations, from November 5 to 10, 1962, then-Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko made a…
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“Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 9)

Around that time, Filipinos residing in Barcelona banded together to launch the journal La Solidaridad.
History

That War and Me (1) The Cradle Song

Pinoy-Hapon United Foundation (PHUF), a non-profit organization, Honorary Chairman Takeshi Asanuma The war we fought, the "Greater East Asia War," ended…
History

History of Japan-Philippines Relations (6)

The greatest turning point in mending relations between defeated Japan and the Philippines was President Elpidio Quirino's clemency for Japanese war…
Fiction

“Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 8)

One year after the publication of Noli Me Tángere, and just six months after returning to his island home, Rizal found himself fated to hastily leave his…
History

History of Japan-Philippines Relations (5)

The Battle of Manila, the Barrio Lumbang massacre, Manuel Roxas's narrow escape, the executions of Generals Yamashita and Homma, and Filipino leaders held at Sugamo Prison.
Fiction

“Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 7)

According to an account published at the time by a respected critic, the state of the Philippines under Spanish rule, as seen through this novel, was as…