JAPAN will likely finance through official development assistance (ODA) three major transportation projects in the Philippines, initially estimated at more than $8 billion, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said on Thursday.

Fourteen projects have been discussed in the first meeting of the Philippines-Japan Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation in Tokyo this week, NEDA Secretary Ernesto Pernia said.

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