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  1. BLOSSOMS and bonds Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya (right in kimono) and Madame Endo Akiko (left of the Ambassador) take in the vibrant spectacle of the Panagbenga Festival Grand Floral Float Parade in Baguio City, where color and culture converge. Amid the celebration, Ambassador Endo lauded the city’s steady rise after the 1990 Luzon earthquake and voiced optimism that the Philippines-Japan Friendship 70th Anniversary will continue to flourish — much like the newly blooming sakura now gracing the city’s highlands.

    Ambassador Endo: Bonds bloom via sakura

    In Japan, sakura has symbolized beauty, bittersweet, gentle sadness at the impermanence of life (mono no aware), renewal, and the fleeting nature of life for…

  2. Next times

    Next times

    I turned. Walked away. Silence stretched behind me, taking whatever remained of our friendship. Hot tears burning my eyes.

  3. HIS Majesty the Emperor

    A future intertwined

    Japan and the Philippines celebrate decades of enduring friendship, inspired by Emperor Naruhito and the Reiwa era, likened to the artistry of Japanese silk…