FIRM ALLIANCE. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of Japan end their bilateral meeting (inset) yesterday with a handshake at Malacañan Palace. This is the first official visit of Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru to the country. Both he and the President last met on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Lao People’s Democratic Republic in October 2024. PCO
Agree on security, logistic pacts
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru yesterday hailed a “golden age” in relations between the two countries following their bilateral meeting in Malacañang Palace.
Ishiba’s visit, which comes ahead of the 70th anniversary of normalized diplomatic ties in 2026, marked another milestone in what both leaders described as a partnership rooted in history and now geared toward shared strategic goals.
“Having gone through...