Proposed amendments to the Intellectual Property (IP) Code, once greenlighted, will help boost the Philippines’s services exports and investments as it will provide more “protection” for Filipino creators, according to the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). “We will be modernizing the IP Code and we will be providing…
Kentaro Sonoura on Dec. 21 resigned from the Lower House and left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party amid allegations of discrepancies in his political fund reports. But he did not offer any answers to key questions.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arbitrarily decided to honor slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a state funeral. The Sept. 27 event in Tokyo was conducted amid fierce controversy that demonstrated a bitter division in society.