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Honoring a friend: Saddened by the tragic death of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri sponsors a resolution Wednesday, July 27, 2022 to honor the extraordinary life and service of the high ranking Japanese official. Zubiri expressed his deepest condolences to Abe’s family and wife Madame Abe Akie, as well as to the Japanese people. “PM Abe was an exceptional leader whose impact is felt not only in Japan, but in our country as well. He was a very good friend to the Philippines and it was under his leadership that Japan and the Philippines were really able to strengthen our bilateral relationship. In fact, by 2015, Japan had become our top trading partner, unseating even the United States,” Zubiri said in his sponsorship speech. “One trillion yen in assistance over the following five years, including Official Development Assistance (ODA) and private sector investments, and he also led the establishment of a Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation to monitor the implementation of cooperation projects,” he said in a resolution which was unanimously adopted by the Senate.(Voltaire F. Domingo / Senate PRIB)