MANILA – The Japanese and Philippine government exchanged diplomatic notes on April 18 on Japan’s loan support for the Philippines’ emergency response to the novel coronavirus.

MANILA – As a supporting mechanism for the Department of Education’s Last Mile Schools Program, Japan officially handed over more than 3,500 android tablets and 21 Wi-Fi local area network (LAN) sets with solar-powered batteries to the Philippines.

MANILA/TOKYO – In a significant milestone in their decade-old strategic partnership, the Philippines and Japan held their first Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting on April 9 in Tokyo.

MANILA/TOKYO – The Philippines and Japan will hold an inaugural Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting or 2+2 on April 9 in the Japanese capital, as agreed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Rodrigo Duterte during their tele-summit last November 2021.