PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte secured $1.8 billion in investment pledges from Japanese companies during his three-day official trip to Tokyo, a Palace official said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters, Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said a total of 12 “private-to-private joint undertakings” were signed in Japan.

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