JAPANESE Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said Japan will work to surpass the unprecedented challenges brought about by the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic with the Philippines, whom he calls "a true friend, closer than a brother."

Suga sent his personal message to the Filipinos following the arrival Thursday evening of about one million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in Japan.

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