Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to deepen cooperation with the ASEAN in various areas such as maritime security, defense, trade, infrastructure development, combating terrorism, disaster risk reduction and cultural exchanges | PND
Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter S. Cayetano and Japanese Ambassador Kazuhide Ishikawa signed the Exchange of Notes on the Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) Project last June 22.
The 3rd VMSD will particularly focus on the Philippines’ chairmanship of ASEAN, including possible joint activities to commemorate the landmark 50th Anniversary of ASEAN, as well as important bilateral concerns for the two countries. (PNA)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has capped off his official visit to the Philippines with a Y1-trillion (P434-billion) pledge of aid and investments.