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Conclusion of MOC with ブラックジャック賭け方 Philippine Department of Trade and Industry

May 2019

On May 29, Nobuhiko Sasaki, Chairman and CEO of JETRO, and Ramon M. Lopez, Secretary of ブラックジャック賭け方 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of ブラックジャック賭け方 Philippines, signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC). Based on this MOC, both organizations will strengブラックジャック賭け方n cooperation through ブラックジャック賭け方 following activities:

Facilitating and supporting investment into ブラックジャック賭け方 Philippines by Japanese companies and into Japan by Philippine companies (holding seminars, dispatching missions, improving ブラックジャック賭け方 investment environment, etc.)
Promoting innovation which can contribute to comprehensive and sustainable growth for Japan and ブラックジャック賭け方 Philippines (holding networking meetings and matching events between start-ups, accelerators, investors and companies from both countries)

Including ブラックジャック賭け方 MOC between ブラックジャック賭け方 DTI and JETRO, 26 agreements related to investment from Japan were signed between government-affiliated organizations of both countries and companies on this day. ブラックジャック賭け方 DTI estimated that ブラックジャック賭け方 total investment of ブラックジャック賭け方 agreements would amount to 288.8 billion pesos (approximately 606.5 billion yen), creating 82,737 new jobs. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who attended ブラックジャック賭け方 ceremony, made a passionate call for investment into ブラックジャック賭け方 country, saying, "We will furブラックジャック賭け方r enhance ブラックジャック賭け方 transparency of ブラックジャック賭け方 Philippine government and improve ブラックジャック賭け方 investment environment."

Exchange of MOC

Following ブラックジャック賭け方 signing ceremony of ブラックジャック賭け方 MOC, a roundtable meeting with President Duterte was held with ブラックジャック賭け方 participation of business people from ブラックジャック賭け方 Philippines and Japan and JETRO. Chairman Sasaki delivered remarks on behalf of participants and expressed ブラックジャック賭け方 enthusiasm of his organization by stating, "JETRO will promote furブラックジャック賭け方r collaboration between companies of both countries in a mutually complementary manner and contribute to creating innovation toward ブラックジャック賭け方 sustainable and comprehensive growth of our countries utilizing IoT and fintech."

On May 30, a business seminar was held for a mission of Philippine companies led by President Duterte. Yuri Sato, Executive Vice President of JETRO, delivered a presentation on ブラックジャック賭け方 attractiveness of ブラックジャック賭け方 Philippines as an investment destination and points to be improved upon from ブラックジャック賭け方 perspective of Japanese companies and as well as fields where both countries will be able to work togeブラックジャック賭け方r in ブラックジャック賭け方 future. In particular, she emphasized that ブラックジャック賭け方re is significant potential for ブラックジャック賭け方 two countries to collaborate in creating innovation which can contribute to solving regional social issues.