rapidly and the cost of medical and caregiving services in Japan remains to be one of the highest in the world, tourism …This paper aims to assess the prospects and impediments to developing the Philippine’s tourism and retirement services …

Going by the statements of the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan's top priority with regards to regional and … that Japan is economically interested in the whole Southeast Asia, and not in any single country in it. This is because the … Southeast Asian market is big, but the market of a single country in it is small. Japan's next target is Mexico, since Mexico …

bilateral economic agreements between Japan and the Philippines. The authors greatly recognized that the extent and … advantages of one country (e.g., Japan) in order to fill in the specific human resource needs of the other (e.g., Philippines …

The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement is envisioned to further boost Japan's ODA to the Philippines …

Agriculture is a sensitive issue for both the Philippines and Japan. Thus, promoting economic cooperation cannot be a … concessions in other industries/sectors, e.g., retirement, contract workers, etc. Japan's tariff rates are lower than the …

The paper examines tourism in the Philippines, a South East Asian nation which has yet to reach its potential as an …

Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Tourism in the Philippines: Overview of Policy Development and Management Issues … -- Part II. Managing and Developing Philippine Tourism Destinations -- Chapter 2. Mandatory Accreditation of Primary Tourism …. Culinary Tourism as an Avenue for Tourism Development: Mapping the Flavours of the Philippines -- Part III. Managing Tourism in …