Japan Welcomes 1st Parliamentary Election in Mindanao
Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government welcomed the first parliamentary election held in the Bangsamoro autonomous region on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday, following decades of Tokyo's support for the peace process there. The election was "a historic step," Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told a press conference. Japan sent a group of about 15 ele...