Japan-Philippines Relations 
September 2011
Basic Data
- Diplomatic relations:
- "Treaty of Peace with Japan" and "Reparations Agreement Between Japan and the Republic of the Philippines" became effective in July 1956.
- Number of Residents:
- Number of Japanese Nationals residing in the Philippines: 12,913 (Oct. 2005)
- Number of Philippine Nationals residing in Japan: 187,261 (Dec. 2005)
- Trade with Japan (2006):
- Exports: 925.7 billion yen (electronic machinery)
- Imports: 1,047.9 billion yen (electronic machinery)
- Direct Investment from Japan:
- (1) 11.6 billion Peso (approved by Bureau of Investment) (2005)
- (2) 15.7 billion Peso (approved by Philippine Economic Zone Authority) (2005)
- Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 2,032.67 billion yen (cumulative total-2005)
- Grants: 249.1 billion yen (cumulative total-2005)
- Technical Cooperation: 175.3 billion yen (cumulative total-2005)
VIP Visits
- From Japan to Philippines
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Year Name 2001 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Seishiro Eto Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiken Sugiura 2002 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi 2003 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Yano Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masatoshi Abe 2004 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masatoshi Abe 2005 Chief of Defense Agency Yoshinori Ohno Special Adviser to the Prime Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi 2006 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshihisa Shiozaki Foreign Minister Taro Aso Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Foreign Minister Taro Aso Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari 2007 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Foreign Minister Taro Aso Minister of International Trade and Industry Akira Amari Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuhito Asano - From Philippines to Japan
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Year Name 2001 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Vice President, Foreign Secretary Teofisto Guingona Secretary of Trade and Industry Manuel Roxas Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon 2002 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Foreign Secretary Blas Ople Secretary of Trade and Industry Manuel Roxas Senate President Franklin Drilon 2003 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 2004 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Secretary of Trade and Industry Cesar Purisima Energy Secretary Vicente Perez 2005 Secretary of Trade and Industry Juan Santos Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano 2006 Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo Finance Secretary Margarito Teves Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano Speaker of the House of Representatives Jose De Venecia Jr. 2007 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo Finance Secretary Margarito Teves Secretary of Trade and Industry Peter Favila
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2005)
1,857.0 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
20.4 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)
- Additional Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines for Typhoon Disaster (December 28, 2011)
- Emergency Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines for Typhoon Disaster (December 19, 2011)
- Typhoon Damage in Mindanao, the Philippines (Message of Sympathy from Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba) (December 18, 2011)
- Dispatch of Government Delegation to discuss the Issue of Trafficking in Persons (November 21, 2011)
- Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Overview) (November 11, 2011)
- Japan-Philippines Summit Meeting (September 27, 2011)
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines (September 2011)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Meeting between President Aquino of the Philippines and MILF Chairman Murad on the Mindanao Peace Process in the Philippines (August 2011)
- Exchanges of Notes for Japanese ODA Loan for the Republic of the Philippines (“Road Upgrading and Preservation Project”) (January 2011)
- Call on H.E. Mr. Benigno Aquino, President of the Republic of the Philippines by H.E. Mr. Osamu Fujimura, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Ambassador on Special Mission) (July 2010)
- Dispatch of Ambassador on Special Mission to the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Republic of the Philippines (June 2010)
- Notification by the Philippines regarding the Entry into Force of the Japan-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (June 2010)
- Statement by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Presidential Election of the Republic of the Philippines (June 2010)
- Exchange of Notes for Japanese ODA Loan for the Republic of the Philippines (“Post Ondoy and Pepeng Short-Term Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project”) (April 2010)
- Resumption of Dispatch of Development Experts to the International Monitoring Team in the Philippines (February 2010)
- Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project in the Philippines (December 2009)
- Statement by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Mindanao Peace Process in the Philippines (Resumption of Official Peace Talks and Japan's Participation in the International Contact Group) (December 2009)
- Typhoon Disaster in the Republic of the Philippines (Emergency Grant Aid from Japan) (October 2009)
- Letter of Sympathy from Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and Emergency Relief on the Damages Caused by the Typhoon in the Republic of the Philippines (September 2009)
- Statement by Prime Minister Taro Aso on the Passing of Former President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (August 2009)
- Japan-Philippines Joint Statement "Fostering a Strategic Partnership for the Future between Close Neighbors" -To overcome the present economic crisis and further strengthen the bilateral relations- (June 2009)
- Japanese ODA Loan to the Philippines (June 2009)
- Visit to Japan of Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the President of the Republic of the Philippines, and Mr. Jose Miguel T. Arroyo (June 2009)
- The Japan-Philippines Sub-Ministerial Meeting (March 2009)
- The Document Adopted at the First Meeting of the Joint Committee on the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (December 2008)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Mindanao Peace Process in the Philippines (Mandate of the International Monitoring Team to Expire) (November 2008)
- Additional Dispatch of Advisor for Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao to the International Monitoring Team in the Philippines (November 2008)
- Dispatch of Senior Advisor for Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao to the International Monitoring Team in the Philippines (August 2008)
- Emergency Assistance for the disaster caused by Typhoon hitting the Republic of the Philippines (June 2008)
- Letter From Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on the Damages Caused by the Typhoon in the Republic of the Philippines (June 2008)
- Japanese ODA Loan to the Republic of the Philippines (March 2008)
- The 3rd Japan-Philippine Politico-Military Dialogue and the Fourth Japan-Viet Nam Politico-Military Dialogue (December 2007)
- Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to attend ASEAN-related Ministers Meetings in the Republic of the Philippines (July 2007)
- Japan, the Philippines, Australia and the OPCW Work Together to Prevent Chemical Weapons Proliferation (July 2007)
- Meeting between Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Alberto Romulo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines (May 2007)
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to the Philippines for ASEAN+3, Japan-ASEAN and EAS Summit Meetings (January 2007)
- Mr. Katsuhito Asano, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the Philippines (January 2007)
- Emergency Grant Aid for the Mudslides and Floods Disaster caused by Typhoon "Reming" in Southern Luzon Island, the Republic of the Philippines (December 2006)
- Press Conference by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Following His Official Visit to the Philippines (December 2006)
- Signing of the Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income (December 2006)
- Emergency Grant Aid for the Mudslide Disaster caused by Typhoon "Reming" hitting Southern Luzon Island, the Republic of the Philippines (December 2006)
- Japan-Philippine Joint Statement "Partnership between Close Neighbors for Comprehensive Cooperation" (December 2006)
- Emergency Assistance for the mudslides disaster caused by Typhoon hitting Southern Luzon Island, the Republic of the Philippines (December 2006)
- Food Aid through the World Food Programme (WFP) (October 2006)
- Dispatch of Senior Advisor for Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao to International Monitoring and Support Team in Philippines (October 2006)
- Oil Spill Disaster off Guimaras Island, Philippines (Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Expert Team) (August 2006)
- Emergency Assistance for the Refugees caused by Mt. Mayon's Volcanic Activity in the Republic of the Philippines (August 2006)
- Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the Philippines and Bangladesh and to Attend the ASEAN related Foreign Ministers' Meeting to be held in Malaysia (July 2006)
- Remarks by H.E. Foreign Minister Taro Aso on the Occasion of Friendship Day Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations Between Japan and the Philippines (July 23, 2006)
- Japan Takes A More Active Role in the Mindanao Peace Process (Dispatch of Japanese Personnel to the International Monitoring Team, etc.) (July 23, 2006)
- Signing the Exchange of Notes between the Governments of Japan and the Republic of the Philippines for the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (July 23, 2006)
- Press Release (July 20, 2006)
- Agreement in Principle on the Protocol Amending the Income Tax Treaty between Japan and the Republic of the Philippines (July 2006)
- The Second Japan-Philippine Political and Security Consultation (April 2006)
- Negotiations to Revise the Convention between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (April 2006)
- Visit to Japan of Mr. Alberto Romulo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines (March 2006)
- Assistance for "Economic and Social Empowerment of Returned Victims of Trafficking" Project (March 2006)
- Dispatching a Government and Private-sector Joint Mission to the Philippines to Support Development of BIMP-EAGA (February 2006)
- Disaster Caused by Landslide in Leyte of the Philippines (February 2006)
- Grant Aid for Increase of Food Production for the Underprivileged Farmers in Mindanao of the Republic of the Philippines (March 2005)
- Emergency Aid to the Philippines for Torrential Rain Disaster (December 2004)
- Emergency Grant Aid to the Philippines for Torrential Rain Disaster (December 2004)
- Dispatch of Survey Team to the Philippines for Torrential Rain Disaster (December 2004)
- Emergency Aid to the Philippines for Torrential Rain Disaster (December 2004)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to Visit the Philippines, Attend ASEAN + 3 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, ASEAN-PMC, and ARF Ministerial Meeting, and Visit Viet Nam (June 2004)
- Emergency Aid for the Landslide Disaster in the Philippines (December 2003)
- First Day of the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (December 2003)
- Joint Announcement of the Japanese Prime Minister and the Philippine President (December 2003)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Mutiny of Young Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (July 2003)
- Japan-Philippines Summit Meeting (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (June 2003)
- Assistance for Support for Victims in Human Trafficking in the Philippines (May 2003)
- Visit to Japan of Her Excellency Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines, and Mr. Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo (December 2002)
- Japan-Philippines Summit Meeting (Overview) (May 2002)
- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Visit to the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore (January 2002)
- Visit to Japan by Ms. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines (September 2001)
- Mr. Seiken Sugiura, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Australia, East Timor, Indonesia and the Philippines (August 2001)
- Japanese Government's Cooperation to Asia in the field of Information and Communications Technology (IT) (July 2001)
- Statement by Mr. Yohei Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Resignation of President Joseph Estrada and the Inauguration of the New President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the Republic of the Philippines (January 2001)
- The Japan-Philippines Working Group Meeting on Prevention of Recurrence of Illegal Traffic in Waste (March 2000)
- Pledge of Assistance at Consultative Group Meeting for the Philippines (March 1999)
- Consultative Group Meeting for the Philippines (March 1999)
- ODA Loan to the Philippines (March 1999)
(Open a New Window)Press Secretary's Press Conference on Philippines
| Year | Month | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | December | 11 |
| 2007 | May | 22 |
| 2006 | December | 12 |
| January | 13 | |
| 2005 | March | 22 |
| 2004 | December | 3, 10 |
| November | 30 | |
| June | 29 | |
| 2002 | November | 5 |
| 2001 | September | 4 |
| 2000 | June | 8 |
- Embassy of Japan in Philippines Website
- Consular Office of Japan in Cebu Website
- Consular Office of Japan in Davao Website
- Embassy of Philippines in Japan Website
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