There is a word in the Japanese language that has no adequate translation in English, because no other culture has felt the need to name what it describes quite so precisely.

They left behind the treadmill of European urban life — the rent pressure, the curated loneliness, the feeling of being perpetually behind. What they found on a small Philippine island was something harder to name, and harder to leave.

From a landmark direct charter flight from Tokyo to the launch of a ₱4.53-billion airport overhaul, this week's headlines confirm that Bohol's star is rising fast on the world stage. Here is everything that happened across the island this week.