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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrived here on Wednesday evening to start a five-day official visit aimed at boosting Manila’s ties with “a most reliable partner, in times of both crises and of prosperity.”
Marcos arrived at Haneda Airport aboard Philippine Airlines’ PR001 at around 5:35 p.m. local time, accompanied by first lady Liza Araneta Marcos and a large entourage of politicians and businessmen.
It was 7° C and drizzling in most of Tokyo, but there was no snow and Philippine and Japanese flags were seen hanging together in light posts, especially in the cities of Minato and Chiyoda in the metropolis.
The trip “is part of a larger foreign policy agenda to forge closer political ties, stronger defense, and security cooperation, as well as lasting economic partnerships with major countries in the region amid a challenging global environment,” Marcos said before his departure at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.
The president said the trip, his ninth in under eight months, was “essential” because Japan has been “a most reliable partner, in times of both crises and of prosperity.
