Japan sends research team for possible aid in PH drug crackdown
A team of experts from Japan is in the country doing research on how the Land of the Rising Sun can help the Philippines with its crackdown on illegal drugs.
The research team, led by Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Katsuyuki Kawai, is composed of officials from the Japanese Foreign Ministry, the National Police Agency, the health ministry, the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and the Japanese Embassy in Manila.
They were in the country for a five-day study on ways for Japan to cooperate with the country’s current anti-narcotics campaign, talking to different government agencies in Metro Manila and Davao City during their visit.
MEETING WITH PRES. DUTERTE. A team of researchers led by Special Advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister Katsuyuki Kawai held a private meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte during their five-day visit. Screen cap from video of RTV Malacañang
They visited the Department of Health’s Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Bicutan Taguig City last Monday, December 12 after a briefing at the Embassy of Japan. They later had a private meeting with Pres. Rodrigo Duterte.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEETING. Video courtesy of RTV Malacañang.
“The percentage of drug users in its population is lower than 0.1 percent and this is the world’s lowest level according to WHO (World Health Organization),” Kawai said during the briefing. He is also confident that Japan will be “able to provide the highest, skillful assistance to the Philippines in its fight against drugs.”
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Japan Times
