{"id":212281,"date":"2019-05-01T06:45:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T10:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=212281"},"modified":"2019-05-01T06:45:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T10:45:15","slug":"strengthened-japan-ph-ties-hoped-under-reiwa-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/05\/01\/strengthened-japan-ph-ties-hoped-under-reiwa-era\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Strengthened&#8217; Japan-PH ties hoped under Reiwa era"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_203554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203554\" style=\"width: 1365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8078884587_8ee4787eb5_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203554\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8078884587_8ee4787eb5_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8078884587_8ee4787eb5_k.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8078884587_8ee4787eb5_k-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8078884587_8ee4787eb5_k-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8078884587_8ee4787eb5_k-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His son, Emperor Naruhito, ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, effectively ending the Heisei era of Japan. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/worldbank\/8078884587\/in\/photolist-diU831-diUgQ6-diUata-diUoVz-wwYXBY-6d2eMc-UhK2Ny\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/worldbank\/\">World Bank Photo Collection\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; The Philippine government is optimistic of further strengthening strategic ties with Tokyo as Japan shifts to the Reiwa era upon the abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30.<\/p>\n<p>His son, Emperor Naruhito, ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, effectively ending the Heisei era of Japan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On this historic occasion, one that marks both continuity and transition, the DFA [Department of Foreign Affairs] conveys the Philippines\u2019 wishes for Japan\u2019s success, and the sustained momentum of the strengthened strategic partnership between Philippines and Japan,&#8221; the DFA said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also extended the country&#8217;s gratitude to Emperor Akihito during his reign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The DFA extends the Philippines\u2019 deepest gratitude to His Majesty for his invaluable role in advocating peace during his 30-year reign and fostering goodwill and friendship between the Philippines and Japan,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The former emperor was the first member of the Japanese Imperial Household to visit the Philippines, doing it twice \u2013 as Crown Prince in 1962, and as Emperor in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The transition took place midnight Tuesday, marking the start of Reiwa or &#8220;beautiful harmony&#8221; in place of Heisei, aptly denoting to the period of &#8220;achieving peace&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; The Philippine government is optimistic of further strengthening strategic ties with Tokyo as Japan shifts to the Reiwa era &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":203554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212282,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212281\/revisions\/212282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}