Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon (2nd from left) receives a delegation from the House of Councillors of Japan led by Masahiro Ishii (3rd from left) last Thursday, September 14, 2017. The delegation is in Manila to attend the 38th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA). Drilon, who is the President of the Philippines – Japan Parliamentary Association, was conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun by Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year for his contributions in promoting friendly relations and developing economic cooperation between the Philippines and Japan. (Photo by Cesar Tomambo)