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Philippines Japan
Philippine-Japanese relations were smooth and successful in
the early 1990s, despite bitter memories of the cruelty of the
Japanese during their occupation of the Philippines in World War
II. In mid-1986 the Philippines, concerned about Japan's possible
remilitarization, joined with other Asian nations to protest the
adoption of revisionist history textbooks by the Japanese
education ministry. For the majority of Filipinos, however, World
War II memories have faded or are nonexistent. Japan was a major
source of development funds, trade, investment, and tourism in
the 1980s, and there have been few foreign policy disputes
between the two nations.
Aquino visited Japan in November 1986 and met with Emperor
Hirohito, who offered his apologies for the wrongs committed by
Japan during World War II. New aid agreements also were concluded
during this visit. Aquino returned to Japan in 1989 for
Hirohito's funeral and in 1990 for the enthronement of Emperor
Akihito.
Data as of June 1991
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