ISA umanong karangalan para kay Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. na makaharap sina Emperor Naruhito at Empress Masako sa kanyang working visit sa Japan.

“It has been a productive visit and also, one of the highlights of course was my and the First Lady’s audience with Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress, and it was a very great honor for us to be able to meet him and to again reestablish that connection between the Philippines and Japan,” sabi ni Pangulong Marcos.

Bukod sa mga pamumuhunan na nakuha nito, sinabi ni Pangulong Marcos na ang pagpunta nito sa Japan ay naglalatag ng blueprint ng magiging relasyon ng Pilipinas at Japan.

“And I think that we will be able to feel the effects of these discussions, of these agreements, very, very soon, very rapidly back home in the Philippines,” ani Pangulong Marcos.

Noong 1956 nagsimula ang diplomatic relationship ng Pilipinas at Japan at mula noon ay unti-unti umano itong lumakas, ayon sa Pangulo.

“Those relations have grown and have become deeper as time has gone on and we owe Japan a debt of gratitude for the support that they have given us in those years, even in the ‘60s, in the ‘70s and all the way up to now, where they have supported our infrastructure development,” sabi ng Pangulo.

“They have supported our agriculture, they have supported our attempts at making the digitalization of the Philippines a more widespread phenomenon,” dagdag pa ni Pangulong Marcos.

Umabot sa 35 kasunduan ang napirmahan sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at Japan sa limang araw na working visit ng Pangulo. Ang mga ito ay makatutulong sa pagpapa-unlad sa sektor ng enerhiya, edukasyon, turismo, agrikultura, at digitalization.