JAPANESE Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will be in the Philippines on August 10 to discuss security issues amid Manila and Tokyo’s separate maritime disputes with Beijing.

The top Japanese diplomat is scheduled to hold dialogues with President Rodrigo Duterte and Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. until Friday. He is the first senior official from Tokyo to meet the Philippines’ new administration.

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