What are the Japanese influences on the Philippines?

Much of Japanese culture became abhorrent following World War II, when the people of the Philippines experienced a very cruel occupation by the Japanese. This included forced labor, executions, forced educational programs (learning Japanese), monetary changes, and requiring oaths of loyalty to the new regime.

Japanese influences are much less pronounced than those adopted during the Spanish and US occupations.

Historical Influences
Nihongi- an ancient book of Japan - claims that Filipinos reached Kyushu, Japan to conduct trade in the 13th century. They cite several similarities between Phillipine and Japanese activities:

• manufacture farming tools and war weapons
• art of tanning deerskin
• culturing pearls
• industry of breeding ducks and fish