{"id":69608,"date":"2023-10-28T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T01:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=69608"},"modified":"2023-11-03T09:56:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T01:56:13","slug":"japanese-pm-fumio-kishida-to-visit-ph-meet-with-pres-marcos-on-nov-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/japanese-pm-fumio-kishida-to-visit-ph-meet-with-pres-marcos-on-nov-3-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese PM Fumio Kishida to Visit PH, Meet with Pres Marcos on Nov 3-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled for an official visit to the Philippines from Nov 3-4, where he will meet with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. During his visit, the leaders will discuss a wide range of topics, including political, security, economic, and development cooperation, as well as people-to-people ties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69609\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/396583065_3265556403590240_7586323285826591234_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/396583065_3265556403590240_7586323285826591234_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/396583065_3265556403590240_7586323285826591234_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/396583065_3265556403590240_7586323285826591234_n-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">IMAGE from Embassy of Japan in the Philippines<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the key points of discussion is a potential &#8220;reciprocal access agreement&#8221; for joint drills and troop visits, which, if agreed upon, would be the first of its kind with a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The visit underscores the Philippines&#8217; efforts to strengthen its international relations, particularly with Japan and the United States, amid ongoing tensions with China over the West Philippine Sea.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2023, President Marcos visited Japan, securing agreements worth $13 billion that were expected to create many job opportunities for Filipinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The visit underscores the Philippines&#8217; efforts to strengthen its international relations, particularly with Japan and the United States, amid ongoing tensions with China over the West Philippine Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[15338,16122],"class_list":["post-69608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-news-and-current-events","tag-bongbong-marcos","tag-prime-minister-fumio-kishida"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/396583065_3265556403590240_7586323285826591234_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69608","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=69608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69611,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69608\/revisions\/69611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}