Japan-Philippines Relations
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ONISHI Yohei Attended the Opening Ceremony of the Philippine Festival Tokyo 2025
December 1, 2025
On November 29, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ONISHI Yohei attended the opening ceremony of the Philippine Festival 2025 Tokyo, sponsored by the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo. The summary is as follows:
- Following the opening remarks of H.E. Ms. Mylene J. Garcia-Albano, Ambassador of the Philippines to Japan, Parliamentary Vice-Minister ONISHI delivered remarks.
- In his remarks, Parliamentary Vice-Minister ONISHI stated that next year will mark the 70th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Philippines, and welcomed the significant progress in the bilateral cooperation aimed at realizing peace, stability and economic prosperity in the region, as well as in people-to-people exchanges. He also expressed his sincere respect to all those involved who have worked diligently to organize this festival, which has greatly contributed to promoting people-to-people exchanges between the two countries and wished for a great success of the Philippine Festival 2025 and continued prosperity of the Filipino community.