(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has invited Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako to visit the Philippines.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President Duterte issued the invitation during his bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday in Tokyo.
On May 1 Naruhito ascended to the Chrysanthemum throne after his father, Akihito, abdicated.
Akihito and his wife Michiko visited the Philippines three years ago.
Duterte was on a four-day working visit to Japan but meeting the new emperor was not on the agenda.
That was Duterte’s third visit to Japan as chief executive.
