(GMA News) TOKYO— Japan will give the Philippines 600 billion yen in government aid and private sector investments to support the country’s drive to become an upper-middle income economy in 2024, Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said.
At the documents exchange ceremony with Philippine and Japanese officials at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday, Kishida said the Philippines’ economic development opens “big economic opportunities” to both countries.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Kishida had discussions on bilateral cooperation on economy, security and defense, and people-to-people exchange. A deepening of cooperation was also “strongly affirmed.”.. Read More