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Philippines champions sustainable innovation at Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo 2025
September 24, 2025Indigenous fibers, coconut innovation, and visual art take center stage in PH-JP collaboration Tokyo, Japan – 5 September 2025 – The Philippines took center stage at Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo 2025, Asia’s most influential fashion platform, with its official presentation themed “Beyond the Loom: Philippine Indigenous Textiles, Visual Art, Coconut…Read More -
Japanese firm Nambu Co., Ltd. to invest P4B in PH retirement facilities
September 24, 2025Osaka, Japan—Nambu Co., Ltd., a Japanese wellness company, a recognized leader in senior care and assisted-living services in Japan, has committed to investing P4 billion to develop a network of 10 Japanese-style retirement and wellness centers across the Philippines. The project, supported by the CREATE MORE Act, aims to train…Read More -
PH secures ₱51B in Japanese investments, economic team’s united front fast-tracks green, digital, and high-value projects
September 19, 2025TOKYO, September 12 — Trade and Industry Secretary Cristina A. Roque announced Friday that the Philippines has secured ₱51 billion in new investments and project expansions from three Japanese conglomerates in consumer services, property development, advanced industries, and clean energy, along with a new investor in the leisure and entertainment…Read More -
Philippine exports up 26.1% in June 2025, second-highest growth in two years
July 31, 2025Philippine merchandise exports rose by 26.1% in June 2025, reaching USD 7.02 billion, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This is the second-highest year-on-year growth in the past two years, following the 28.2% expansion in April 2024. A robust global appetite for key Philippine export products fueled the strong…Read More -
DTI Tokyo joined the opening ceremony of the Japanese Film Festival
February 12, 2025The Department of Trade and Industry’s Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Tokyo (PTIC-Tokyo), alongside its coordinating office in Manila, the Foreign Trade Service Corps (FTSC), joined the Opening Ceremony of the Japanese Film Festival (JFF) in Manila on 30 January 2025. Now in its 28th year, JFF continues to…Read More -
Japanese investors share investment plans for PH sustainable industries
December 07, 2021Manila—During the recently concluded Virtual Economic Briefing, conducted by the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo and the ASEAN Japan Centre, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), between the Philippines and Japan, Japanese investors and economic managers shared views on the current investment and economic climate in the Philippines. The event was…Read More -
DTI holds economic briefing to strengthen PH-JP trade relations, boost bilateral investment opportunities
December 06, 2021Manila—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in collaboration with the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, organized an end-of-year Philippine Economic Briefing focused on Philippine-Japan Economic Partnerships in Sustainable Development last 24 November 2021. During the opening remarks, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte mentioned how the Philippines-Japan relations grew from strength to…Read More -
DTI urges Japanese firms to invest in sustainable industries
December 05, 2021In the recently concluded Virtual Philippine Economic Briefing organized by the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and ASEAN Japan Centre, Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez called on Japanese firms to invest in sustainable industries including electric vehicles (EV) and to develop untapped green metals such…Read More -
Japanese electronics and medical devices manufacturing investors reaffirm confidence in PH
July 15, 2021The Philippines’ top Japanese investors in electronics and medical devices manufacturing reaffirmed their confidence in the country’s economy as they pledged to continue their operations during an online roundtable meeting led by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez and the agency’s senior management at the start of…Read More -
DTI cites rise of global value chains and NEMs in exports growth
April 03, 2018In a recent seminar co-organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the ASEAN Japan Center (AJC) entitled “Changing Trade and Investment Landscape in ASEAN and the Philippines”, DTI Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado cited the importance of global value chains and non-equity mode (NEM) in the growth of…Read More
