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This is not really true, particularly with the effort that the Japanese government has been making in recent years to bolster tourism.
 
As an anecdote, 5 years ago my filipina wife (girlfriend at the time) had absolutely no trouble getting a japanese tourism visa (sponsored by myself while I was still in the process of divorcing my ex). That also being said, she sailed through a US B1 and had visa in hand in under a week as well.

I am happy to say everything went good with the Visa process, it took almost exactly 6 months until the interview. Now my fiancee has her visa and cfo all done away with. I am leaving in a few hours for my flight. I will be over there for about a week and we will be coming back together! We will fly to Japan from Manila and then to Detroit for our international hub before our last flight to st. louis.  Any last minute advice or tips? Is there any more fee's we will have to pay or is it finally done until we file for her green card?
 
Also, I really want thank everyone that has given me advice and offered wisdom to me: Hank_ , Greenbaum, Chris Duffy,  Je57,  javadown2, cyberfx1024, Nitas_man, John and Rose, Sagot, Geowrian, and many more! I appreciate everyone chiming in and taking the time to answer my questions and many other folk's questions and worries. 

Make sure to have the DO NOT OPEN envelope in your carry-on.

Congratulations! Also, don't forget to update your VJ timeline 😁

Those entering with an immigrant or K-1 visa are processed at a separate window/counter, do ask for assistance when you enter that area.  Then stay in the say line with your Fiancee to clear immigration.
Travel Tax at NAIA and that is about it ...
 
Safe Travels!!
 
We are heading back stateside Tuesday, just got back from BAI getting the health certificate from my dog.

Great advice, my wife is watching TFC as I type....and as Greenbaum's advice,  the rice cooker is full! haha. 
 
Glad you 2 are going to be together and everything went well for you. I think there is a 1600 peso fee at the airport for her when she leaves. Other then that you will just need money to enjoy time together! I would recommend following the guides on here for her SSN and get her State ID as soon as you get married. OH...and get your fiancee some warm cloths ASAP (like go shopping when you leave the airport in US directly to the mall)..she will need them, this is my wife's biggest complaint...she is always cold.

I am happy to say everything went good with the Visa process, it took almost exactly 6 months until the interview. Now my fiancee has her visa and cfo all done away with. I am leaving in a few hours for my flight. I will be over there for about a week and we will be coming back together! We will fly to Japan from Manila and then to Detroit for our international hub before our last flight to st. louis.  Any last minute advice or tips? Is there any more fee's we will have to pay or is it finally done until we file for her green card?
 
Also, I really want thank everyone that has given me advice and offered wisdom to me: Hank_ , Greenbaum, Chris Duffy,  Je57,  javadown2, cyberfx1024, Nitas_man, John and Rose, Sagot, Geowrian, and many more! I appreciate everyone chiming in and taking the time to answer my questions and many other folk's questions and worries. 

I am happy to say everything went good with the Visa process, it took almost exactly 6 months until the interview. Now my fiancee has her visa and cfo all done away with. I am leaving in a few hours for my flight. I will be over there for about a week and we will be coming back together! We will fly to Japan from Manila and then to Detroit for our international hub before our last flight to st. louis.  Any last minute advice or tips? Is there any more fee's we will have to pay or is it finally done until we file for her green card?
 
Also, I really want thank everyone that has given me advice and offered wisdom to me: Hank_ , Greenbaum, Chris Duffy,  Je57,  javadown2, cyberfx1024, Nitas_man, John and Rose, Sagot, Geowrian, and many more! I appreciate everyone chiming in and taking the time to answer my questions and many other folk's questions and worries. 

Congratulations. I hope you have a rice cooker at the house with rice. If not, don't get on the plane till you do.   Safe travels for you two.

Who said anything about not having a visa? I got airline tickets thru delta via travelocity. For some reason the tickets were way more expensive on Delta's site. I just did my round trip and her a one way. I still need to call Delta so our seat's will be together. Her ticket was more than mine. 
 

I didn't read every thread. 
 
I have had great luck with Delta making seats work,  and if all else fails usually the Flight Attendent can make something work on the flight. This time of year is probably the lowest season for people traveling to and from PI

Just have patient and buy the ticket once the visa is hand.  If you buy it early then if it can go wrong it probably will, just the nature of the beast.  
 
You can then do the roundtrip vs one way and see if there is a price difference.  Too many variables in getting a visa that is outside of your control to book a ticket before visa arrives.

No.... Don't do that.... if you do then when she goes to board her flight in the Philippines you will likely find out that the entire flight has been canceled because she was not on the outbound leg.  You can book round trip for her if it's cheaper than one way but her ticket would then be round trip from the Phlilippines to the USA and back with some date in the future....   Then if you don't use the return ticket no big deal.   Although once she gets to the USA you might consider canceling the return to be sure the airline doesn't screw up and report her to the GOV as being on the flight when she wasn't. 

I have purchased tickets for a female leaving Philippines in the USA. I even took them to her in Philippines.  This was years ago.   Just a few years ago I purchased my fiancé a ticket to fly to USA with me on Delta I called them directly from Philippines and had them put her on same flight as mine.  Was rather simple from what I remember.

Phlippines Air only has a very few limited flight going to USA, and only to the West Coast.
 
Delta has many flights leaving PI and arriving in all parts of USA.
 

Stay away from anything based in China. Air China, China Air etc. Old junk planes and don't do a layover in China.
 
I used to use consolidators back in the day where I would fly different airlines to get to Manila, this could be a pain since if you had luggage you had to transfer it.   Now of days so many airlines fly there.  
 
Lately Delta has been the best and cheapest, back when I was going there years ago Delta didn't offer direct service to Philippines.
 
Another trick I use now of day, I will land in Manila and buy my next ticket to my final destination once I get there. I usually catch a flight to either Davao City or Legazpi City, So I play it by ear in case my flight is delayed.  If you catch the red eye the ticket price is around 3K peso 
 
 

It depends a bit on where your final destination is in the USA.    As far as I know only Philippine airlines will fly you direct from Manila to the USA.  (SFO I think).
Basically any major airline you book will be generally acceptable with the exception of anything that has a leg on a Chinese airline or operated by a Chinese airline.  You can get some great deals on flights to the USA connecting thru Shanghai and Beijing but I'd avoid those mostly because a) China airspace is congested so flights can be significantly delayed and connections missed.   b) China civil aviation prevents the use of cellphones on planes of Chinese airlines by which I mean not even in airplane mode so no pictures, games etc on your phone (a major bummer for me) 
Your most direct flights are likely to be connecting thru Narita.  which should be no issue at all although EVA thru Tiepei is an option and the gulf airlines connecting thru the middle east are options as well although be aware of potential laptop carry on bans on those airlines if that is important to you.  
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You can pretty much book on best price and likely be perfectly happy.    One of my favorite airlines has been Cathy Pacific for that you'd connect thru Hong Kong 
Last consideration would be what airline you might have membership status on.   A couple of round trips to Asia might earn you enough for a domestic flight for free in the future.
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Japan airlines is part of one world alliance so taking them again or other one world carriers (Cathay pacific is one world also) might get you closer to a free American airlines flight in the USA for your honeymoon :--)
 
 

Nothing against Bali and the Maldives and OP has decided to not do a stop over on the way to the USA at all but... Keep in mind that OP has a Fiancee from the Philippines thus Bali and Maldives being tropical destinations would be in competition with places like Boracay and Palawan and lesser know but equally amazing places in her home country which she may not have ever seen or even dared dreaming of seeing.   Further neither Bali or Maldives seems like a destination where-by you could stop there "on the way" to the USA.   As for Hong Kong.... Central Hong Kong is often Noisy and Crowded but there are so many other sides to Hong Kong including some amazing remote (nearly deserted during the week) tropical beaches, over 200KM of scenic, quiet peaceful and wooded hiking trails,  mountain vista, remote islands etc., quiet peaceful, ocean kyacking, rock climbing, Plus all the benefits of a large city and food from all over the world.

When we did this I had to call the airlines directly to get my wife booked with adjoining seats, because her ticket was one way I couldn't do both online.

Ok thanks

Maybe try to call the airlines ahead of time and ask them if you can book them at the same time, using EVA airlines website I couldn't figure out how to buy her ticket and mine at the same time since they had different origination points. 

There is a catch to this because your fiancee's ticket must originate in the Philippines.  I booked tickets for my mom and I to fly round trip from Seattle to Manila and back...then before actually purchasing them I made sure there was room on the plane and then booking my fiancee's flight on the same plane. It was a little hard to get seating together and my mom ended up sitting on a different isle. (since it was my asawa's first flight overseas and wanted to sit next to me). I bought my wife a round trip ticket even though we never used the return flight, it was cheaper for the round-trip, go figure! 
 
But if it's just you and your fiancee just make sure to book early and hopefully there is an open seat. We went EVA airlines through Taipei and it wasn't bad. 
 
Honestly I don't know if this is the best option but it worked for us.  

Back in 2007 I was going to PI. I flew and caught Air China from SFO to Bejeing and onto Manila.  I checked my luggage in USA and told them to send it to my final destination. American Airlines said I had to pick it up in China and recheck it. I said ok I had about 3 hours layover so no biggie.  Got to Beijing and of course 3 out of 4 luggage missing, went an filed missing luggage and proceded to catch next flight to Manila.  No big deal I have luggage get last more than once, it always found it final destination.  I had a little over one hour for the next flight,  They wouldn't let me catch the train to go to the right terminal inside the airport. Said I didn't have enough time.  It was me a US Citizen and my wife who had a GC.  
 
I had just flown from SFO to Bejing, they said I had to leave the country and took my passport and cancelled the entry stamp and put me on a American Airline plane back to Los Angles.  At the time they claimed if no connecting flight within 24 hours you had to go back from your original desination country.    
 
I told them to send me to Japan, Taiwan or anywhere in Asia but no I got put back on a 12 hour flight back the other way.

Options:   As others have pointed out south Korea becomes a reasonable option for tourism with an on-ward ticket.  Also while you may not be able to book a complete flight from Manila all the way to the US with a stop in South Korea carriers like Cebu Pacific may be able to get you from MNL to S. Korea. 
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Yes, you can lay-over in Japan, and stay airside even avail of an airside transit hotel for a longer layover but then I fail to see much point in that.  
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A better option may be a stop in Hong Kong from which she would be visa free for 14 days and optional trip to Macau as well.  From Hong Kong you have lots of options on how to get to the USA including direct flights to several US airports such as NYC, CHI, SFO, and I think even DFW.  Many cheap flights from MNL to HKG but..... be aware of extra costs for baggage on those cheap flights.   If you are interested in that option feel free to PM me and I can offer you a bit of more specific advice as my Asawa and I live in Hong Kong.  
 

OK we are not doing this guy a solid at all.  Hong Kong?  Noisy.  Crowded.  No.  Now we must vote.  I am dropping Bali and declare that if you are going to do a stopover, do it right and take your fiancé to the Maldives.
 
Here you go.  https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g293953-Maldives-Hotels.html 
 
I am certain you can flip a coin pick one and get it booked with little worry that you will have a great time.  Have a nice trip, post some pics!