2019年2月10日（日）、ダバオ市のウォーターフロントインシュラーホテルにて在ダバオ総領事館開館式典が開催された。日本側から河野太郎外務大臣、羽田浩二駐フィリピン大使、三輪芳明ダバオ総領事、フィリピン側からロクシン外務大臣、ドミンゲス財務大臣、サラ・ドゥテルテ市長らが出席した。
在ダバオ総領事館は、2019年1月1日に開設され、それまでの領事事務所が総領事館に格上げとなった形である。これにより、日本とフィリピン両国関係をさらに強化することが狙いとされる。
式典の挨拶で河野外相は、 ダバオで戦前日本人が東南アジア最大の日本人街を築いていたこと等の歴史にも触れ、同日に訪れたフィリピン日系人会やミンダナオ国際大学の関係者に熱烈な歓迎を受けたことや日系人会が設立後に果たしてきた役割に対し、感謝の意を述べた。
日本の閣僚がダバオを訪問するのは、2017年1月に安倍首相が訪問して以来となる。
Thank you for your continued support of Davao’s portal site “Davaotchi”. “Davaotchi” is an information portal about Davao that has been running for about seven and a half years since September 2016 with the aim of conveying the charms of Davao to Japanese people in Japanese and making them more aware of Davao. Thanks to everyone’s support, we have gained a certain amount of recognition, such as being featured in a magazine, and many people have started to hear the term “Dabaotchi”. On the other hand, we have prioritized the mission of conveying the charms of Davao to as many Japanese people as possible, so there is almost no profitability, and we have allocated the profits generated from other businesses to the site management, but we have no plans for the future. As a result of careful consideration of scalability and development, Davaotchi has decided to recruit supporters who can support Davaotchi in order to better manage the site. We considered charging for the site or introducing a subscription plan, but we wanted to deliver information about Davao to as many people as possible, so we decided to simply ask for support from Davaochi fans first. You can support us using PayPal or credit card (debit card) below. We look forward to your cooperation. See more news articles
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