Bridges Magazine • Issue 2 • 70th Anniversary Edition
Still Flowing: 70 years of Philippines - Japan Relations
Celebrating 70 years of Philippines-Japan diplomatic relations, the second issue of Bridges Magazine explores seven decades of strategic partnerships, economic synergy, and enduring cultural ties. Dive into compelling features spanning major infrastructure, high-tech manufacturing, trade, heritage, and lifestyle innovations.
Seven decades of Japan building the Philippines — in concrete, steel, and trust Before the morning rush hits, before the jeepneys rev and the expressways grid-lock, there is a brief...
Report
The Philippines
September 2026
Government
Business
A Japanese logistics specialist is moving from the supermarket shelf to the farm gate. Its bet says much about the future of Philippine agriculture. The Philippines ought to be an agricultural powerhouse. It has volcanic soils, plentiful rain and no real winter. It is the world’s second-largest exporter of bananas...
Bilaterals
Japan’s jazz kissaten were built for people who believed that listening was a sacred act. Tonyboy de Leon believed the same thing. A bar started it all. The audience wanted more. There is a rule at Eagle, a jazz kissa tucked into a narrow building in Yotsuya, Tokyo, that has...
Events
Lifestyle
From the fairways of London to the hills above Clark, how Tim Neil ended up building Asia’s next great golfing destination. Tim Neil credits golf, not business school, with teaching him how to lead. Discipline. Humility. The slow, unglamorous pursuit of getting one percent better. He picked up his first...