PBBM, Japan PM Ishiba to meet April 29

DEEPENING PH-JAPAN RELATIONS. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru will meet at Malacañang on April 29, 2025 during the latter’s official visit to the Philippines, according to the Presidential Communications Office. (Photo courtesy: PCO and Frank Robichon / Pool / AFP)

By Brian Campued

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is set to meet Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru at Malacañan Palace on April 29, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) confirmed Wednesday.

“[His Excellency] Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, will undertake an Official Visit to the Philippines on 29-30 April 2025,” the PCO announced.

Marcos and Ishiba will discuss economic cooperation, political and defense engagements, as well as people-to-people exchanges during their meeting.

“Both leaders are also expected to exchange views on regional and global developments, and explore new pathways towards peace and stability under the ‘Strengthened Strategic Partnership’ between the two countries,” Malacañang said.

Marcos already met with Ishiba in Vientiane, Laos on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summits in October last year.

The exchange of high-level visits is a main feature of Philippines-Japan relations—with Marcos visiting Japan in February 2023, while then prime minister Kishida Fumio visited the Philippines in November of the same year.

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