Japan PM Kishida: Take 'heart-to-heart' ties to new heights

Manila Bulletin

Recalling numerous cooperative endeavors in the past, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said this "heart-to-heart" relationship that Japan has with the Philippines is something that should prosper and be passed on to the next generation. (Video Courtesy of House of Representatives)  READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2023/11/4/japan-pm-kishida-take-heart-to-heart-ties-to-new-heights  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 I believe that it is the responsibility of those living in the present to take the heart-to-heart

00:10 ties established by our predecessors to new heights and pass them on to the next generation.

00:20 The relationship between Japan and the Philippines has made great strides over the past half

00:27 century.

00:28 I believe that the people-to-people connection is the bedrock of this relationship.

00:35 Exchanges between the peoples of the two countries have been unwavering.

00:41 After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, the Philippines sent a medical assistance

00:49 team and Filipino caregiver candidates remained in the affected areas to provide dedicated

01:00 care, saying, "We cannot abandon the elderly people."

01:04 In return, when Typhoon Yolanda struck in 2013, Japanese people from the disaster-stricken

01:15 area of Tohoku went to the Philippines to assist in the recovery and reconstruction

01:20 efforts.

01:22 This kind of relationship is what former Prime Minister of Japan Fukuda articulated, a heart-to-heart

01:28 relationship.

01:29 "

01:30 "I believe that the people-to-people connection is the bedrock of this relationship.

01:37 Exchanges between the peoples of the two countries have been unwavering.

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