{"id":10782,"date":"2016-12-16T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T02:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=10782"},"modified":"2016-12-14T15:24:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T07:24:34","slug":"japan-sends-research-team-for-possible-aid-in-ph-drug-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/12\/16\/japan-sends-research-team-for-possible-aid-in-ph-drug-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan sends research team for possible aid in PH drug crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>They were in the country for a five-day study on ways for Japan to cooperate with the country\u2019s current anti-narcotics campaign, talking to different government agencies in Metro Manila and Davao City during their visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10783\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/screencap1-e1481684723646.jpg\" alt=\"screencap1\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=06McKWyWHZY\">video<\/a> of RTV Malaca\u00f1ang<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They visited the Department of Health\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meeting with Mr. Katsuyuki Kawai 12\/12\/2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/06McKWyWHZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEETING. Video courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/rtvm.gov.ph\/main\/?p=44751\">RTV Malaca\u00f1ang<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe percentage of drug users in its population is lower than 0.1 percent and this is the world\u2019s lowest level according to WHO (World Health Organization),\u201d Kawai said during the briefing. He is also confident that Japan will be \u201cable to provide the highest, skillful assistance to the Philippines in its fight against drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnation.inquirer.net\/150547\/japan-sends-team-study-ph-drive-drugs\">Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2016\/12\/13\/national\/politics-diplomacy\/japan-explores-aid-philippines-deal-drug-addiction\/#.WFCeSvl97IU\">The Japan Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1395,109,1315,1398,1396,1397],"class_list":["post-10782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-anti-narcotics","tag-japan","tag-ph","tag-rehabilitation","tag-research","tag-treatment"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/screencap1-e1481684785841.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10782"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10800,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions\/10800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}