THE Senate adopted on Monday an agreement between the Philippines and Japan that seeks to protect the social security rights of overseas Filipinos (OFWs) by enabling them and their family to have access to social security benefits.

With 18 affirmative votes, the Senate approved Senate Resolution (SR) 283 that concurred the ratification of a social security agreement between the two countries. The agreement will benefit 377,233 Filipinos in Japan and 17,021 Japanese in the Philippines.

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