Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 6) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he is tentatively scheduled to visit Japan in the middle of February
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“We are now talking to the Japanese authorities… the Japanese foreign service as to when would be the most suitable time for me to come. I have a trip later this month to Davos, and Japan maybe will be the next one after that,” he told reporters in Beijing on Thursday before flying back to the Philippines.
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“I think the tentative date is around the second week of February, right now,” he added.
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The president said Prime Minister Fumio Kishida invited him to visit Japan when they met in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly last September.
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Marcos said he expects regional security to be among the central points of discussions with Japanese leaders.
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“The Japanese have many concerns about regional security, and we are seen, of course, the Philippines is seen as an important part of maintaining that security,” he said.
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