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The Philippine Consulate General in Osaka recently held an outreach mission in Fukuoka City in the Fukuoka Prefecture, offering various consular services to the Filipino community in Kyushu Island, Japan.

Consul General Maria Lourdes Ramiro Lopez and staff consulate served 150 applicants at the Daimyo Catholic Church in an event organized by the Filipino group plus some friends in Fukuoka.

The team processed and released 97 applications for passport renewal and 43 applications for other consular services.

Lopez also paid a courtesy call on Wataru Aso, Governor of the Fukuoka Prefecture and President of the National Governors Association of Japan.

She urged for continued cooperation of the Fukuoka Prefectural Government in promoting the Philippines as a destination for business expansion by Fukuoka–based companies.

Fukuoka Prefecture has a strong industrial base engaged in information technology, automobile manufacturing, steel production, the sciences and robotics, and Japanese small and medium enterprises supplying major industries which are ideal locators in the country’s special economic zones.

Aso said that many Japanese have limited information about the Philippines, except for some news reports that paint a negative image of the country.

He said that Lopez’s efforts, and the recent visit of Director General Lilia De Lima of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, gave leaders of the Fukuoka business community with a different picture.

This, he said, could develop a stronger economic relations between Fukuoka and the Philippines.

Lopez said the Philippines is a democratic country but stressed that most of the negative reports are isolated incidents that do not have impact on the country’s economic activity.

She also invited the Japanese governor to visit the Philippines to familiarize himself on what the country has to offer in tourism, investment and trade.

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