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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 -
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 -
The rise of PH cacao beans in Japan
February 22, 2018The Department of Trade and Industry’s Trade and Investments Promotion Group (DTI-TIPG) and the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Tokyo (PTIC-Tokyo) shared promising developments for Philippine cacao beans as it enters the mainstream Japanese market through the newly-produced chocolate made by Isetan Mitsukoshi. Isetan Mitsukoshi Group, Japan’s largest…Read More -
PH eyes to expand food export market in Japan
February 20, 2018The Department of Trade and Industry’s Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (DTI-CITEM) seeks to augment the Philippines’ trade relations with Japan as it showcases the country’s finest tropical flavors in the largest food fair in the Asia-Pacific region. Under Food Philippines brand, DTI-CITEM will bring the country’s…Read More
