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Sara Duterte mingles with world leaders in Japan banquet as she subs for dad

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Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio rubbed elbows with world leaders Tuesday night at a banquet for Japan&#x27;s new emperor as she represented her father President Rodrigo Duterte who had to cut short his trip due to &quot;unbearable&quot; back pain.Dressed in a brightly colored terno, Duterte-Carpio used the banquet for newly-enthroned Japanese Emperor Naruhito &quot;as an opportune time to network and mingle&quot; with over 180 state leaders and envoys, Malacañang said.&quot;According to Mayor Duterte, she was able to leave the event at 11:00 p.m. as she spent time to chat with other world leaders, assessing the event as an opportune time to network and mingle with them,&quot; Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Wednesday.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">LOOK: Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio at the banquet for Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Tuesday night (📷 Silverio Anglacer) Duterte-Carpio represented her father President Rodrigo Duterte who had to return to PH due to &quot;unbearable pain&quot; in his spine <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/t41I3uiynv">pic.twitter.com/t41I3uiynv</a>— Arianne Merez (@arianne_merez) <a href="https://twitter.com/arianne_merez/status/1186906948077150208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>The Palace also hailed Duterte-Carpio for &quot;properly and elegantly&quot; representing the Philippines at the banquet, where she got the chance to speak with Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako.&quot;The Office of the President wishes to relay its gratitude to Mayor Duterte for stepping up and properly and elegantly representing the country in the President&#x27;s stead as the latter was constrained to leave Tokyo for Manila earlier that evening,&quot; Panelo said.Nursing an aching spine, President Duterte <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/22/19/duterte-cuts-short-japan-trip-over-unbearable-spinal-pain">flew back</a> to Manila on Tuesday night, shortly after attending the enthronement ceremonies in Japan. He is due to see a neurologist on Wednesday and will update the public on his health condition, Panelo said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/23/19/duterte-to-undergo-checkup-update-filipinos-on-results-palace">Duterte to undergo checkup, update Filipinos on results: Palace</a></li></ul>The President&#x27;s daughter also got the chance to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will also host a banquet Wednesday night. Duterte-Carpio will also represent the President at the upcoming dinner party.

Dressed in a pink terno, Duterte-Carpio used the banquet for newly-enthroned Japanese Emperor Naruhito "as an opportune time to network and mingle" with over 180 state leaders and envoys, Malacañang said.

Dressed in a pink terno, Duterte-Carpio used the banquet for newly-enthroned Japanese Emperor Naruhito "as an opportune time to network and mingle" with over 180 state leaders and envoys, Malacañang said.

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Sara Duterte mingles with world leaders in Japan banquet as she subs for dad

Arianne Merez,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 23, 2019 01:12 PM PHT

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Updated October 23, 2019 03:30 PM PHT

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