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Dots amazing: Yayoi Kusama in Tokyo

By Scott R. Garceau | May 8, 2017 - 12:00am

If you’ve got a day to spend in Roppongi this month, you will likely want to join the hordes of dots-obsessed Yayoi...

Arts and Culture

BPI opens representative office in Roppongi

November 11, 2014 - 12:00am

The Bank of the Philippine Islands has opened last Oct. 29, a representative office, not a branch, in Roppongi, Japan, contrary to earlier published report on the subject.

Banking

BPI opens rep office in Tokyo’s Roppongi district

By Ted P. Torres | October 31, 2014 - 12:00am

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has opened a representative office in Tokyo’s Roppongi district to make it easier for Filipinos in Japan to send money to their beneficiaries in the Philippines.

Business

Sale of Tokyo property criminal

November 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Two years ago, we wrote an article about the government’s plan to lease our country’s properties in Tokyo for 50 years – a stupid and foolhardy move since, as Joker Arroyo had pointed out then,...

Business

US urges citizens to avoid Tokyo nightlife area

March 18, 2009 - 10:01pm

TOKYO (AP) - The US Embassy in Japan has urged Americans to avoid going to bars in Tokyo's raucous nightlife district of Roppongi due to a surge in reports of drink-spiking incidents there.

Roppongi Hills: The first Artelligent City

By Tetta Ortiz-Matera | June 11, 2005 - 12:00am

For those who have traveled to Tokyo, the mention of Roppongi evokes scenes of frantic evening activities, primarily because of the prevalence of "gentlemen’s clubs," discos, karaokes, night hawkers...

Modern Living

GMA revives plan to develop Roppongi property in Japan

By Marichu A. Villanueva1 | November 21, 2002 - 12:00am

President Arroyo has revived a plan to commercially develop the real estate properties of the government in Japan. For starters, the President has reconstituted the bids and awards committee (BAC) for the development...

Business

Bakit ayaw ligawan ni Piolo si Juday?

By Aster Amoyo | February 8, 2002 - 12:00am

Binulabog ng Side A kasama sina Pops Fernandez, Piolo Pascual at Troy Montero ang Nakano Sun Plaza Hall ng Tokyo, Japan nang kanilang punuin ang venue minutes bago nagsimula ang concert at 2:30 p.m. nung nakaraang...

PSN Showbiz