MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his gratitude to Japan for its support to the Philippines’ economic development, particularly in funding the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), the country’s first underground railway system.

MANILA – Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. signed and exchanged notes with Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko for the 710 million yen grant aid programs for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the Philippine Coast Guard.

TOKYO – The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo commemorated the 124th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence in a solemn celebration led by Ambassador Jose C. Laurel V at the Fuji Room of the historic Imperial Hotel on June 10.

MANILA – The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) has ordered its inspectors deployed in the international airports to strict screen Filipinos departing for Japan as part of ongoing efforts by the agency to curb human trafficking.