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President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. delivers his inaugural address as the 17th President of the Philippines at the National Museum in Manila on June 30, 2022.  George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175047987362620220630-marcos-inaugural-nm-gc-2s.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. delivers his inaugural address as the 17th President of the Philippines at the National Museum in Manila on June 30, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. delivers his inaugural address as the 17th President of the Philippines at the National Museum in Manila on June 30, 2022. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News </em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — (UPDATE) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday met with officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Osaka as part of his series of meetings in Japan this week.</p><p>The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) will be “expanding our cooperation with JAXA by encouraging Japanese space companies to partner with Philippine space companies for space data utilization and diversifying satellite manufacturing chain,” PhilSA Deputy Director General Dr. Gay Jane P. Perez said in a statement.</p><p>“These business-to-business opportunities will contribute to building our own local or domestic space industry and partaking in the growing space economy,” the statement read.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/21/who-is-caretaker-while-marcos-jr-and-vp-duterte-are-both-abroad-1051">Who is caretaker while Marcos Jr. and VP Duterte are both abroad?</a></div><p>&quot;Concerning satellite development, our engineers who were trained in Japan and part of the team that built Diwata and Maya satellites are now training fellow Filipino engineers,” she said, noting that the Philippines is “now developing MAYA-7 locally based on learnings from Japan.</p><p>In a separate statement, Malacañang said that the Philippines has “collaborated with Japanese universities in the successful development and launch of the Philippines’ first microsatellites, DIWATA-1 and DIWATA-2, nanosatellites MAYA-1 and MAYA-2, and the first Philippine university-built nanosatellites.”</p><p>JAXA — a National Research and Development Agency — has been “engaging in various activities to promote R&amp;D in the aerospace field, with an emphasis on international cooperation, public relations, and collaboration with industries and educational institutions.”</p><p>Marcos Jr. is expected to return to the Philippines on June 22 after traveling to Osaka for several meetings and visiting the Philippine Pavilion in a tourism expo there.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/6/20/marcos-touts-ph-tourism-opportunities-priorities-to-japanese-stakeholders-1357">Marcos touts PH tourism opportunities, priorities to Japanese stakeholders</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UT_VQrGMNtY?si=X0MKzMPGqnT7lpsy" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday met with officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Osaka as part of his series of meetings in Japan this week.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday met with officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Osaka as part of his series of meetings in Japan this week.

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Marcos Jr. meets with Japan’s space exploration agency in Osaka

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Jun 21, 2025 12:59 PM PHT

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Updated Jun 22, 2025 01:03 PM PHT

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