Metro Manila can look forward to a new subway system and airport as the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Philippine government have agreed to cooperate on infrastructure development for the metropolis.

On Tuesday, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan announced the formulation of the Cooperation Roadmap for Quality Infrastructure Development in the Transport Sector in Metropolitan Manila Area, an offshoot of President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s state visit to Japan last June.