Japanese PM Fumio Kishida met Philippine Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday and said he wants to strengthen cooperation in priority areas for the Filipino leader, such as agriculture, energy, health and infrastructure, a Japanese spokesperson said.
UNITED NATIONS — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday and said he wants to strengthen cooperation in priority areas for the Filipino leader, such as agriculture, energy, health and infrastructure, a Japanese spokesperson said.
Kishida also said in the meeting that "the international community needs to oppose unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force in the East and South China Sea, as well as economic coercion," the spokesperson said, in apparent reference to Chinese activity regularly criticized by Japan. Japan said after Marcos was elected in May it wanted to continue cooperation in infrastructure development, including railways, the Subic Bay development, as well as in security and coast guard law enforcement.
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