Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko attended on February 23 the ceremony marking the completion of the Baclaran Expansion Depot in Pasay City for the LRT-1 Cavite Extension Project — an essential project to realize the LRT-1 Cavite expansion and increase the capacity of the line. The depot expansion — which had civil works, buildings, and facilities — was completed with the assistance of the Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

In his speech, Ambassador Koshikawa said, 'I am upbeat that this LRT-1 extension project will make a big difference in the lives of many Filipinos in Cavite and surrounding areas. Soon, they will be able to embark on a more comfortable journey once the brand-new 4th generation train sets, also funded by Japan, hit the tracks of the LRT-1 extension.'