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Senate, House hold joint special session to hear Japan PM's address

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" House of Representatives" plenary="" hall="" in="" Quezon="" City.="" Mark="" ABS-CBN="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/11/04/20190529-hor-congress-hall-9340-md.jpg"/><figcaption>House of Representatives&#x27; plenary hall in Quezon City.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The House of Representatives and the Senate on Saturday sat for a joint special session inviting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to address lawmakers. </p><p>The Senate and House of Representatives adopted House Concurrent Resolution No. 17 and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15 to receive Kishida and hear his address at 11 a.m. </p><p>Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15 stated that there was a &quot;strong, bright, dynamic, and lasting partnership&quot; between Philippines and Japan, noting that the two countries also share values on democracy and freedom. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/03/23/japan-philippines-to-confirm-defense-cooperation">Japan, Philippines to confirm defense cooperation amid China&#x27;s rise</a></li></ul><p>Manila and Tokyo also share broad cooperation in areas of trade, investments, infrastructure development, agriculture, tourism, and education, among others. </p><p>&quot;Japan and the Philippines are important, reliable partners in the region and enjoy the excellent bilateral relations through high-level exchanges and dialogues, reaffirming the importance of strength of their strategic partnership,&quot; it said. </p><p>Kishida is in the Philippines for an official visit from Nov. 3 to 4. </p><p>He had a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Friday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2863678" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The House of Representatives and the Senate on Saturday held a joint special session inviting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to address lawmakers. 

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Senate, House hold joint special session to hear Japan PM's address

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 04, 2023 11:06 AM PHT

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Updated November 04, 2023 11:22 AM PHT

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Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15

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