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                    [Summary] => Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has canceled his trip to the Philippines this month, Japanese Ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki told the Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC) forum Tuesday night.


Koizumi was scheduled to visit Manila on July 23 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Philippines-Japan ties and attend the signing of the long-overdue Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).


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                    [Summary] => President Arroyo ordered the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS) yesterday to give immediate assistance to victims of the landslide that buried the village of Guinsaugon in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte.


She likewise ordered that immediate rehabilitation efforts for the victims begin anew.


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                    [Title] => GMA to grace Dinagyang ’06
                    [Summary] => ILOILO CITY — Security will be extra tighter during the Dinagyang Festival this year as no less than President Arroyo will lead several high-ranking officials in gracing this city’s annual top tourist attraction.


The President is scheduled to fly here on Saturday and will even spend the night. Although she is not expected to watch the tribes contest on Sunday, she will be attending the Mass at the San Jose parish to be held before the competition. She will also inaugurate government projects and grace other social functions.


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                    [Title] => Matchless feats from Japanese drummers / Lea, Otoniel onstage
                    [Summary] => Prior to the performance of the Yamato drummers at the CCP, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhisa Shiozaki and Tourism Secretary Ace Durano delivered speeches, with Japanese Ambassador Ryuichiro  Yamazaki listening intently onstage. Then under a drum master, all four beat on a huge drum, slowly then furiously, the act declaring the Philippine-Japan Friendship Year officially open.


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                    [Title] => RP-Japan ties closer than ever, says Tokyo’s envoy
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"First, we both share the sublime values of democracy, freedom and human rights, which in themselves should not be taken for granted in any country," Yamazaki said. "Secondly, we are neighbors sharing the same sea-lanes but we do not have any territorial or maritime disputes," he said.


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                    [Title] => Japan to provide P300M for judiciary training
                    [Summary] => Japan will provide P300 million in grants to help the Philippine judiciary build more and better training facilities, the Japanese Embassy announced yesterday.


Japanese Ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki has informed the Supreme Court of Japan’s approval of the official development assistance (ODA) grant for the "Construction and Equipping of the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) Development Center."


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                    [Title] => Ifugao upland town marks Yamashita’s surrender
                    [Summary] => KIANGAN, Ifugao — This little known highland town does not have much to offer such as tourist spots. But its people were teeming with pride of history yesterday.


Unknown to most Filipinos, it was in Kiangan where Japanese Maj. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, the so-called "Tiger of Malaya," surrendered to US forces, virtually ending the Second World War.


Kiangan’s Lt. Santiago Balajo, perhaps the oldest living World War II veteran at 95, recalled that they jumped with joy when Yamashita, who had his last defense here, finally gave up.


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JAPANESE AMBASSADOR RYUICHIRO YAMAZAKI

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