Sec. Balisacan meets with Japanese Minister Amano
Economic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director-General Arsenio M. Balisacan met with Minister Tetsuro Amano, Embassy of Japan in the Philippines’ Deputy Chief of Mission and Consul –General, yesterday at the Office of the Director-General, NEDA sa Pasig.
The two officials discussed existing partnership projects between the Philippines and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which include infrastructure development, rehabilitation efforts on Yolanda, and the creation of the Transportation Road Map.
Sec. Balisacan proposed the opening of Japan’s labor market for Filipinos while Minister Amano suggested the possibility of further collaboration to maximize the potential of Mindanao’s economy.
Both expressed anticipation of the Bangsamoro conference in Hiroshima slated for June this year.