Tag: National Diet

Aquino: Phl-Japan partnership to counterbalance maritime disputes in South China Sea

JUNE 4 (Eagle News) — President Aquino told members of Japan’s National Diet that a strong Philippine-Japanese partnership would be a vital counterbalance against regional instability created by conflicting claims in the South China Sea. In his speech delivered before Japan’s National Diet, which is the country’s bicameral legislature, Aquino said the current economic and people-to-people engagement between the Philippines and Japan is a shining example of what can be achieved when peace and stability […]