Three aid grants amounting to 6.917 billion Japanese yen (P3.041 billion) were signed by Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe and Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Tuesday to support the rehabilitation of Yolanda-hit areas in the Visayas region.

Del Rosario and Urabe also signed exchange notes to support the grants that focus on improving coastal communications, water supply and rehabilitation of the typhoon-hit areas.

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