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In Quest for a Sustainable, Prosperous and Peaceful World

A group of ten students and four professors from the Graduate school ofInternational Social Sciences participated in a field study trip to thePhilippines from February 19 to February 28, 2016
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Table of Contents
List of ParticipantsItinerary..................................................................................................................................1.......................................................................................................................................................2

Messages from Professors .....................................................................................................................4
Reports on Cebu Island .......................................................................................................................7
Day 1: Courtesy call to H.E. Ambassador Carino .....................................................7
Day 2: Whale shark watching in Oslob....................................................................................8
Day 3: Carmen Copper Mining.........................................................................................9

Day 4: Visit of government offices in Cebu..............................................................9Group Reports by Students ................................................................................................................ 11
Supreme Court of the Philippines (SC) .............................................................................. 11
Office of the Undersecretary of International Economic Relations (DFA) ........... 15
Maritime and Ocean Affairs Office (DFA) ............................................................................ 17
Department of Health (DOH).............................................................................................. 20

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)....................................... 23

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ......................................................................... 26
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ....................................................................................... 29
Aeta Ethnic Community ........................................................................................................... 31
Asian Development Bank (ADB)............................................................................................. 34
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) ............................................................ 36
Nihongo Center Foundation (Japanese Language School) ......................................... 38
Fast Retailing Philippines, Inc. (UNIQLO) ......................................................................... 40
UST-YNU Joint Session ............................................................................................................... 43
Salt Payatas................................................................................................................................ 45

Messages from Students ...................................................................................................................... 47
Photo Essays .............................................................................................................................................. 56

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T

he study trip to the Philippines since its inception in 2005 has produced fruitfulresults for the student’s research. For 11 years, we have participated in our
IBLAW field study trip with the theme “In Quests for a Sustainable, Prosperous

and Peaceful World”. In 2016, our team of ten students from Japan, China and Korea,
and of four professors, visited government agencies and private entities located in
Metro Manila and Cebu Island.

List of Participants
Professors
SurnameGiven name

M/F Nationality

1

Kabashima

HiromiF

Japan

Professor

2

Araki

IchiroM

Japan

Professor

3

Kobayashi

Takaaki

M

Japan

Associate Professor

4

Kakee

TomokoF

Japan

Associate Professor

Students
SurnameGiven name

M/F Nationality

1

Kim

Kyung Woo

M

Korea

D1
(Leader)

2

Suzue

Ayako

F

Japan

M1
(Deputy Leader)

3

Zhao

Ying Hui

F

China

M1

4

Yuan

Yue

F

China

M1

5

HaradaYasuhiro

M

Japan

U4

6

Kuniyuki

Momoka

F

Japan

U1

7

Nagatomo

Ayaka

F

Japan

U1

8

Ito

Tamao

F

Japan

U1

9

Ishikawa

Nami

F

Japan

U1

10

Nakao

Rika

F

Japan

U1

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Itinerary for YNU Philippines Field Trip
(Date: 19 February 2016 to 28 February 2016)
TIME

ACTIVITYREMARKS

February 19 (Friday)
9:35

Departure

Flight from Haneda(NH869)

13:35

Arrival

NAIA Airport, Manila

16:00

Check In

The Charter House

17:30

Welcome Dinner

Hosted by UST students and professors

February 20 (Saturday)
16:00

Departure

Flight from Manila(5J569)

17:25

ArrivalMCIA Airport, Cebu

Check In

Parklane Hotel Cebu

DinnerWith Ambassador Joe Carino

February 21 (Sunday)
4:00-7:00

Departure for Oslob

7:0010:30
10:3012:00
12:0013:00
13:0016:00

Whale Watching & Hearing

16:00

Table discussions

2 Speakers: Dr. Ale Ponzo /Dr. Moonyeen Alava
Interactions with Oslob Local Government

Lunch

In Oslob

Tour Alcoy Area

Forest conservation area /Marine sanctuary in
Alcoy Daan-Lungsod Guiwang MPA

Departure

For Cebu City

February 22 (Monday)
6:00

Departure

For Toledo City

8:00-

Atlas Mining(Carmen Copper Corporation)
Lunch

In Toledo City

Table discussions

Interactions with CCC

Dinner(Only professors) Dinner with Mr. MA (USAID)
and NGOs

12:0013:00
13:0016:00
18:00

At Carmen Copper Corporation(CCC)

February 23 (Tuesday)
9:00

Check Out

Parklane Hotel Cebu

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9:0012:00
12:0013:00
13:0018:00
19:55

Offices of Cebu Local Government

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR) & NGO
Departure

Flight from Cebu (5J574)

21:25

Arrival

NAIA Airport, Manila

Lunch

February 24 (Wednesday)
Group 19:0010:30
10:3012:00
12:0013:00
13:0015:00
15:3017:00

Group 2

Office of the Undersecretary ofInternational Economic Relations(DFA)
Maritime and Ocean Affairs Office
(DFA)
Lunch

9:0010:30

Supreme Court (SC)

10:3012:00

Department of Justice (DOJ)

UNIQLO

14:0017:00

Department of Health (DOH)

JICA

February 25 (Thursday)
7:0021:00

Aeta Ethnic Group

February 26 (Friday)
Group 19:0012:00
12:0013:00
13:0015:00
15:3017:00

Group 2Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Lunch
Department of Social Welfare andDevelopment(DSWD) Departmentof Mining, Water Resources
Japanese Language School

Department of Trade and Industry(DTI)
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
Court of Tax Appeal (CTA)

February 27 (Saturday)
9:0012:00
13:0017:00

UST-YNU Joint Seminar
Salt Payatas

February 28 (Sunday)
11:00

Check OutThe Charter House

14:45

Departure

Flight from Manila(NH870)

19:55

ArrivalHaneda Airport

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Messages from Professors

First of all, I would like to take mygratitude to the UST faculties
and students. We could not havesuccessfully completed the itinerary
without them.

which have often happens. Thanks to
UST, especially Professor Tomas Tiu,
we could see the proper persons in theproper sections according to ourrequests. I do not know how to show
our appreciation to the hospitality by
the UST faculties and students.
The 2016 YNU delegation included
undergraduates in addition to Ph.D andmaster course students. Though I wasworried at first that the first year
students, Rika, Momoka, Ayaka, Tamao,
and Nami might not catch up with thesessions in the Philippines, they werequite active not only in but also out of
the sessions, which was nice surprise. I
am also proud that postgraduate
students, Kim, Ayako, Yuan and Sakura
took the initiative on the arrangement

As we have dispatched students to thePhilippines since 2005, we know how
to plan and handle the program in thePhilippines, especially in Manila tosome extent. It is also exiting to makearrangements and visit institutes byourselves. However we sometimes facedifficulty to set up meetings to haveand facilitation of the sessions, and weshould not miss Yasu who was a fourthyear student. He made an importantrole
toconnect
betweenundergraduates and postgraduate
students.
Anyway, I am sure that the fruitfulexperience will take them to theirsuccessful future. Congratulations!

interviews in the foreign countries,

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would like to join my Japanesecolleagues in congratulating the
success of the study tour in 2016.

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our Filipino counterparts and we arealways grateful to that. Particularly thisyear I fell ill toward the end of the
program and this unexpected event
added to the complexity of theoperation. Thanks to the warm
hospitality of the UST faculty members
and students, I fully recovered.
Personally, I experienced the kindness
and care from my Filipino friends andcolleagues far beyond my expectations
and I am really grateful for that. I hope
I can reciprocate it if something similar
happens when the UST delegation isvisiting Japan. Many, many thanks
again. Salamat po!

We have almost got accustomed to thesuccess of this annual event but this is
all thanks to the tremendous efforts byThrough the ten days program of2016 YNU study trip to Philippines, I believe, all the participants include me learn a lot;First, through well organized presentat
ions prepared by governmental agencies, we observed a lot of efforts of Philipp
ines’governments to achieve thier natio
nal development, social welfare.
Second, through filed visit to the Cebu I

ICHIRO ARAKIrs, we felt high grade hospitality of peo

sland, we observed a lot of effort provi
ded with by Philippino people in orderto protect their own environment.
Third, through communication and inte
raction with UST students and professo
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In Quest for a Sustainable, Prosperous and Peaceful Worldple of Philippines.
We would not get such valuable experi
ences without taking part in the 2016 sOur field trip to the Philippines
has once more been conductedsatisfactorily this year. As wasin the previous years, we had diversity
in participants from first graders to| 6tudy trip.
TAKAAKI KOBAYASHI

and tireless supports from theprofessors and students of the UST,

doctoral candidate, from four different
departments with three nationalities.
What was unique about this year’sgroup was that four out of ten
participating students were first grades
undergrads. They actively participatedin every discussion far above our
expectations. We are so proud that all
students contributed to our field trip in
their own way and everybody played
an irreplaceable role which brought an
atmosphere in which all of us including
professors did learn a lot from eachother.
As is every year’s case we are
extremely grateful for the generous

especially Professor Tiu and Dr. Recio.
From their devotion to our trip, hard
work, patience, smiles and good
relationship with professors andstudents, we learned very many things.

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Reports on Cebu IslandFrom 20 to 23 of February, we
visited the Cebu Island. This
year, the main focus of our visit
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Reported by Tomoko Kakee
current situation of marine resource
protection as well as natural resource
development.

Day 1: Courtesy call to H.E. Ambassador Carino
Ambassador was kindly invited us tohis residence in Cebu. There are a lot ofthings which we have seen for the firsttime from the Filipino dish and theFilipino art to the American classic cars.
We are very grateful for Ambassador’swarm reception.

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Day 2: Whale shark watching in Oslob
watching became a popular tourist
destination and it brought benefits tothe locals. We studied that it isconducted in a way not to harm whale
shark but that, at the same time, there
are some who has concerns about thepossible biodiversity problems causedby feeding of whale sharks.
We’ve experienced whale shark
watching in Olsob. It was a project led
by local government aiming topreserve fish resources as well as togive job opportunities to local people
who used to be fishermen facing theluck of fish
overfishing.

resourcesdue

to

We studied that the whale shark

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Day 3: Carmen Copper Mining
We visited Carmen Copper Mining to
see the “socially responsible” mining.
We are very amazed by the actual
mining field as well as their social
activities which supports local people’ssocial, economic, and cultural life. Also
we studied about reforestation process.

Day 4: Visit of government offices in Cebu
We visited government offices in Cebu.
Some of them are provincial and others
are regional, namely; Cebu Provincial
Environment & Natural Resources Office;
Cebu Social Welfare and Development
office; Cebu Provincial Tourism Office;Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources
Region 7; and the Department ofEnvironment
Region 7.

andNaturalResource,

There we studied how national policies
are implemented and realized in local
communities. The students very actively
asked questions to the officers regarding
the achievements and challenges of theworks and other matters.

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Group Reports by Students
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Date and Time: 24 February 2016, 09:00-10:30
Place: Supreme Court of the Philippines, Padre Faura, ErmitaWe visited the Supreme Court(hereinafter “SC”) of thePhilippines on February 24th
2016. We wanted to know about the rolesof the SC and its urgent judicial reformmovement in the Philippines. After wetoured about the SC, we were welcomedby Maria Victoria Gleoresty Sp. Guerra,
Director IV and Assistant Chief SC PublicInformation Office.
During our SC tour, we watched somevideo clips that showed history and roles of the SC. When we met her, we
focused on the judicial reform movements in the Philippines.

According to Judicial Annual Report
2014-2015(Annex E), the Philippine
Judicial Reform has four pillars.
Pillar 1 Institutionalized Integrity andIncreased Credibility
Pillar 2 Rational, Predictable, Speedy andAppropriate Judicial Actions
Pillar 3 Improved Infrastructure, Systems,
and Processes
Pillar 4 Effective and Efficient Human
Resources
These four pillars are interconnected

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with one another and among these fo
ur pillars, Pillar 3 was about eCourt system that we wanted to know most.

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Some key EISP projects include upgradingof the judiciary center, cabling and site
preparation, and connectivity andnetwork security.

Automated Hearings

We asked questions like “How does the SC
in the Philippine evaluate the efficiency
and quality of the Philippines judicial
system? What are the most urgent judicial
reform agendas in the SC? Will theelectronic litigation system be one of the
judicial reform movements in SC? Whatmakes the implementation of the e-Court
system difficult in whole Philippines?”
To understand eCourt system in thePhilippines, the Enterprise Information
Systems Plan (EISP) and the AutomatedHearing system also need to bementioned.

The
Enterprise
Information
Systems Plan (EISP)The EISP is the Judiciary’s information
communications technology master plan
approved in 2009 and updated in 2014
and targeted for implementation in 20152019.
It identifies over 20 software application
systems to speed-up the adjudication of

The Automated Hearing is a system thatallows every activity during trial to be
captured electronically in real time (e.g.
orders issued by the judge, minutes, noteson testimony taken, markings of evidence)by linking together the computers of thejudge, stenographer and interpreters, toallow all individuals to view and edit realtime the documents being prepared.
The
Automated
Hearing
Systemtransforms the entire courtroom into an
automated trial forum. The system doesaway with the delay in the preparation ofopen court orders, which the parties now
will be able to get prior to leaving thecourtroom, the inevitable postponements
due to our present reliance on the snail
mail system, and most importantly, it
frees up valuable time on the part of thejudge and the court staff as they now nolonger have to do these court orders after
the hearing and can already devote
themselves to the more important task ofadjudication.
In addition, there is no more need totransmit copies of the order by official
mail, saving at least one month in waiting
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eCourt is an automated case management
system developed for the trial courts toincrease efficiency and transparency. It
aims to:-Speed up decision-making
automated monitoring of cases.

through-Cut case backlogs through a dashboardthat provides information like the aging
of cases, pending deadlines, and new caseincidents that require action.
-Increase public access to information
through computers in public kiosks thatare found at the entrance of courthouses.
-Bolster transparency because the rafflingof cases is now done electronically.
eCourt will be implemented in Philippine
trial courts that have some of the biggest
dockets in the country and in courts
located in key economic corridors.
As of May 2015, there are already 73
operational eCourts covering all the
courts in Quezon City, Angeles City, and
Lapu-Lapu City. In the second half of 2015,
eCourt will be rolled out to 94 morecourts in Tacloban City, Davao City, Cebu
City and Makati City. In 2016, eCourts will
be further rolled out to the 120 courts ofthe capital city of Manila, Pasig City and
Mandaluyong City. By 2016-2017, eCourt
will be in 287 trial courts handling about
30% of the total caseload of thePhilippine court system.

Remarks
Korea and Singapore adopted electroni
c litigation (e-ligation) system earlier t
han other Asian countries. Because Ko
rea and Singapore are relatively smallin size and the IT technology in two
countries are advanced, it would be easier to introduce e-litigation system t
han the Philippines. However, it does
not mean that IT developed countries
have better suited to adopt e-litigations or e-court systems. Japan has not yet introduced e-litigation system.
What matters is that judicial reformmovement is inevitable in the Philippi
nes and the agreement has been reac
hed that eCourt system is the key forthe reform movement. Though too m
any islands and technical difficulties can be a barriers to the spread of eCo
urt system in the Philippines, their bi
g step forward to the future has juststarted and I would like to give thema big applause.
Reported by Kyung Woo Kim

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Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA)
Undersecretary for International Economic Relations
Date and Time: 24 February 2016, 09:00-10:30
Place: 2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, PhilippinesIn the morning of 24th February, w
e visited the Undersecretary of Int
ernational Economic Relations ofDepartment Foreign Affairs (DFA).
In the beginning of the meeting, Foreig
n Service Officer Von Ryan S. Ferrera,
who graduated from the master courseof Yokohama National University, warm
ly welcomed us and explained the whatsort of things DFA deals with. They mainly make efforts to improve the tradeand invest environment in Philippines,
taking various measures such as simpl
ifying the procedure of customs, looseni
ng the regulations of foreign investment. Also, DFA has given support the small-and-mid-sized companies which suppo

rt 90 percent of Philippine economy.
Regarding Japan, they have negotiatedwith Japanese government about Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement which came into effect in 200
8. According to Mr. Ferrera, both parti
es benefit from this agreement, especi
ally Japanese automakers have gotten
big advantages since they have increas
ed their sales thanks to the lower tariff.
However, the main issue DFA currently
negotiate with Japanese government is about Philippine care-workers. They
are allowed to work as caregivers in J
apan for years if they pass the nation

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In Quest for a Sustainable, Prosperous and Peaceful Worldal examination. Despite this wonderfularrangement, the number of them issmaller than expected. Japanese govern
ment recognizes this is caused by their lack of Japanese skill.
On the other hand, Philippine govern
ment sees the other problem behind t
his situation: lack of technical collaboration between Japanese and Philippine
caregivers. Unfortunately their views toward this issue are currently at cross-purposes, so further close consultatio
n between them would be expected.

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Moreover, Mr. Ferrera answered to ou
r questions about ASEAN Economic
Community that was established lastyear and included Philippines as amember nation. They set goals to enhance cooperation between ASEAN
countries making three pillars: econo
my, politic, and social. They are supposed to make advance on three pillars step by step for years to come.
Reported by Ayako Suzue

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Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA)
Maritime and Ocean Affairs Office
Date and Time: 24 February 2016, 10:30-12:00
Place: 2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, PhilippinesWe visited the Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA) on
February 24th 2016. We
wanted to know about strategic foreign
policy about Spratly Islands and South
China Sea problem. For the Philippines
Study Trip, I read many South China Sea
problem reports in the Philippine
newspapers. According to the Standard
newspaper, China has deployed SAMs
(Surface to Air Missiles) to Woody Islandand transformed contested reefs in the
Spratly Islands further south into
artificial Islands capable of supporting
military facilities. In point of fact, it’s not
only the Philippines-China relationshipproblem but also the national security of
the Pacific Countries as sea lane because athird of the world’s oil passes South China
Sea. After we toured around the Office of

the Undersecretary of International
Economic Relation in the DFA, we werewelcomed by Mr. Edwin Gil Q. Mendoza(Director of Maritime and Ocean Affairs
Office), Mr. Benito B. Valeriano, and Atty.
Josel N. Mostajo (Special Assistant andLegal Adviser) in the Maritime and Ocean
Affairs Office.
Before visiting the DFA, we sent somequestions to and told them that we wereinterested in the Spratly Islands andSouth China Sea problems. They
answered our questions kindly andcomprehensively.
Before answering our questions, they first
explained historical background about
the Spratly Islands and Paracel Islands.
1. In the Philippine colonial period,

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Spain, a suzerain state of Philippine,decided on a line that indicates theextent of territorial waters. It was astraight line looks like Korean
Syngman Rhee line after the WWII.
The Philippine Government thinks
this line is a historical basis.
2. After the WWII. Japan renounced topossess the Spratly Islands andParacel Islands. But it wasn’t provided
for the possession in the San
Francisco Peace treaty which country
would possess the Spratly Islands andParacel Islands.
3. Beijing (China) has controlled all of
the Paracels, which are also claimed
by Hanoi (Vietnam) and Taipei(Taiwan), since seizing several fromSouth Vietnam in a brief, bloody battle
towards the end of the Vietnam War.

I talked about the Tizard Banks, a norther
n island of Spratly Islands. This island is under control of Taiwan (R.O.C). So I asked
them “do you think Taiwan Government can be regarded as a diplomatic negotiator?’’’ They answered ‘only Beijing is our target’. In fact, the Philippines insists on the possession of the Tizard Banks, but ‘only o| 18

ne island’. Now China reclaims some artifi
cial islands like the Cuarteron Reef to con
struct their radar base. It will seriously th
reaten the security of the Philippines. Thi
nking about military power balance betw
een two countries, the Philippines is infer
ior to China. As we can see from thePermanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)case (Philippines v. China), the Philippi
nes is trying to solve this case based
upon the Ocean rules of Law and International Law.
Citing Nicaragua v. United States of America case), they explained how relatively week countries in terms of military pow
er balance can confront pressures fro
m major powers using international laws.

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From the end of March in 2016, thegovernment representative is going todiscuss about right of the Spratly Islands
possession in the Permanent Court of
Arbitration.
I want to pay attention to what thePhilippine Government insists on. To getcountries that supports insistence of thePhilippines, the staffs of the Maritime andOcean
Affairs
Officeattendaninternational conference frequently. They
said to us “we don’t stay to work thisoffice over three days to strengthen
cooperation with overseas authorities.”
I’ve heard US forces using the Philippine
military base after stationing US forces in
the Philippines again from 2014. I
wondered “is it enough to defense
national capacity?” They also told that the
purpose of the US forces in thePhilippines is not only to build up
national defenses but also antiterrorism
measures like the Islamic States (IS). In
addition to that, any military bases
agreement for stationing permanent isprohibited by the Constitution of thePhilippines.
We had already talked about the AsianInfrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
that was founded by the Chinese
government at the Office of theUndersecretaryofInternational
Economic Relations (DFA). But from
diplomatic negotiations point of view, I
asked them the same question, that is,
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not signed the Agreement Establishing
the AIIB for the last several months. They
affirmed that “no matter how thePhilippines has diplomatic problems with
China, AIIB has a big economic growthpotential. We could have loans with low
interest rate to put the infrastructure inplace.” It indicates the current financing
from the ADB is not good enough.
As China condemned a US warship’passage near the Spratly Islands, theinterpretation differences regarding theUnited Nations Convention on the Law of
the Sea (UNCLOS) became clearer. I feltthat the rule of law in the ocean thatJapanese government has advocated willlead to strengthening cooperation with
the Philippines.
After I returned to Japan (29th Feb), I
read a Yomiuri Shimbun article saying
Japan plans to lend the Philippines Navy
the use of five of its surplus TC-90 trainer
airplanes. It signals that the relationshipbetween two countries is more thanconventional non-military field likedonation of a patrol boat. To Japanese
government, the South China Sea problem
is a national security threat.
From this opportunity to visit the DFA
with YNU students from Japan, China andKorea, we learned the diplomacy of thePhilippines, one of major ASEAN
countries, with the change of geopoliticalinfluences.
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Department of Health (DOH)
Date and Time: 24 February 2016, 14:00-17:00
Place: San Lazaro Compound, Tayuman, Sta. Cruz, ManilaMy research topic in the Philippines was about tobacco reg
ulations and the Department
of Health (hereinafter “DOH”) was oneof the government agencies that I wo
uld like to visit most during this study tour. My main interest was regardin
g trade and public health issues, espec
ially plain tobacco packaging regulatio
n. Though the Philippines did not sho
w any signs of adopting plain packagi
ng of tobacco, adoption of sin taxes on tobacco and alcohol and introduction of graphic health warning indicatedtheir strong determination on tobacco
policies.
Before visiting the DOH, I sent somequestionnaires regarding general tobacco

regulations, international tobacco dispute,graphic health warning, plain packaging
in the Philippines, and cooperation with
ASEAN countries. I met five experts fromthe Disease Prevention and Control
Bureau,theHealthEmergency
Management Bureau, the Health Policy
Development and Planning Bureau andthe Food and Drug Administration. They
prepared two presentations to answer myquestions and gave us some handbookson the National Tobacco Control Strategy(2011-2016).
Even though I could not have direct a
nswers on my research topics, their ef
forts on tobacco regulations impressedme a lot. What impressed me mostwas three Republic Act (RA) on tobac

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80% of the revenues from the sin tax goesto the Universal Health Care. It includes e
nrolment of Indigent Families and lowest
income segment based on DSWD list andSenior Citizens, preventive healthprograms, health awareness programs
and health research.

co regulations.

Republic

Act

9211

(Tobacco

Regulation Act of 2003)
In 2003, the Philippines enacted Republic
Act 9211 (Tobacco Regulation Act) aimed
to promote smoke-free areas, informpublic of the health risks of tobacco use,
ban all tobacco advertisement andsponsorship and restrict promotions,
regulate labelling of tobacco products,
and protect youth from being initiated tosmoking.
This is the first comprehensive national
legislation on tobacco control. Before thislaw, tobacco control was only acomponent program of the National
Cardiovascular and Cancer Control
Programs in the Philippines.

Republic

Act

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10351

(An Act
Restructuring the Excise Tax on Alcoholand Tobacco Products, or the Sin Tax
Reform 2012)
This act was signed into law on December
19th 2012 and has been praised as thelandmark legislation under the Aquino
Administration. This act is primarily ahealth measure with revenue implications.

20% goes to the Medical Assistance and
Health Enhancement Facilities Program
such as improvement of government
hospitals
andhealthfacilities,
deployment of health professionals andimprovement in provision of Supplies.

Republic Act 10643 (Graphic HealthWarnings Act)
Graphic Health Warnings Act was passed
in July 2014 and Administrative Order on
the 12 Templates on Graphic HealthWarning and Guidelines was published on
March 5, 2015. Graphic Health Warning
Implementing Rules and Regulations(GHW IRR) has already been signed andis ready for implementation.
All cigarette packages and other tobacco
product packages shall bear Graphic
Health Warnings on fifty percent (50%)
of the lower portion of the principal
display areas or surfaces in accordancewith the templates issued by the DOH. A
maximum of twelve (12) templates ofGraphic Health Warnings shall be printed
simultaneously and these shall be rotatedperiodically every twenty-four (24)months. The initial set of templates isvalid for two (2) years from
implementation. Within one (1) year fromthe effectivity of the initial set of
templates, the DOH shall issue a new set

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expiration of the initial set. These newtemplates shall be valid for two (2) years
and so on.
The date of publication of the Graphic
Health Warning templates on March 5,2015 shall be the reckoning period of theissuance of the initial set of templates forpurposes of complying with the timeline
set by Section 15 of RA 10643. Beginningon March 3, 2016, no tobacco productpackaging shall be manufactured without
the Graphic Health Warnings. Beginningon November 3, 2016, retailers andsellers of tobacco products shall ensure
the removal from all displays ofnoncompliant
tobaccoproducts
manufactured, imported, distributed orsold by them.

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Remarks
After their presentations, I asked themwhether the Philippines is thinking about a gradual shift toward plain packaging. Certainly they knew about theplain packaging case in Australia but t
hey said they want to focus on the gr
aphic health warnings more at the moment. Among many tobacco control policies, graphic health warning is consid
ered as a very effective tool for reduci
ng smoking rate. However, its impleme
ntation is as hard as adopting plain t
obacco packaging.
Smoking rate in Japan is comparatively
lower and the existence of Japan Tob
acco might be attributable to not impl
ementing tobacco control policies as s
evere as the Philippines does. Japan has not introduced any graphic healthwarning so far and I do hope that the experiences of the Philippines whenit comes to tobacco control policies
will be helpful to other countries incl
uding Japan.
T h o u gh I wa n t e d t o h ave m o reinformation on the international tobacco
dispute, especially WTO Thailand Cigarett
es case (DS371), these health experts did
not have deep knowledge over internatio
nal trade issues. I left the DOH anticipating that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) or the Department of Trade and In
dustry (DTI) will answer my questions.
Reported by Kyung Woo Kim

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Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Date and Time: 26 February 2016, 13:30-15:30
Place: Batasang Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon
CityI

t is out of the urban area that there is DSWD’ office. Some people think it is not convenient because of
the traffic condition. Like other devel
oping countries, one of the most serio
us problems Philippine government has is the heavy traffic in towns. When
there is the office in a remote place li
ke this example, people would take too much time to visit there. However, looking from another aspect, this buildi
ng stands behind poor area in the Phi
lippines. In other words, this is the b
est place to save people who extremel
y need social support from the govern
ment.
DSWD is in charge of social welfare for the poor, vulnerable and disadvantage people and consists of many burea

us, divisions and sections. This day, w
e got four presentations from four sec
tions each.
<What We Learned>
This day, members of the staff gave us four presentations. After an explanat
ion about DSWD, three sections belong
ing to “Undersecretary for Promotive
Programs” gave us detail information c
oncerning about each specific field; Pa
ntawid, Sustainable Livelihood Program,
KALAHI-CIDSS.
1. What is DSWD?
(Presented by Capacity Building Bureau)This organization is working for the poor, vulnerable and the disadvantaged

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people under clear vision, mission orvalues. To support these people, they
have seven major functions including
planning development and implementat
ion of projects.
Their programs can be separated into
two divisions; Promotive Programs andProtective Programs. The later ones a
re major projects of this organizationand include some cares for the sociall
y vulnerable like not only the poor but older persons, children, women, pers
ons with disabilities and people in em
ergency. This is because this organizati
on has too many sections in the depa
rtment and each project has clear goal.

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support but designing people’ life. The
y can widen people’ choices in their li
fe by lending money under some cond
itions. This program is mainly intende
d for young generation under 18 andalmost all of the subsidy is allocatedon education expenses or health care.
3. Sustainable Livelihood Program(Presented by Sustainable Livelihood)

Program
It is often said that many people is st
ruggling in “the poverty chain”. This program can be a key to break this wi
cked chain off. This program is concer
ning about education to train people to manage their livelihood sustainably
by themselves. While it teach about saving and managing finances, also linkthem to market or support business r
egistration. Philippines is also famous
for its high unemployment rate but th
ese policies has been quite effective.
In short, by joining hands with DLE(Department of Labor and Employment), TESDA (Technical Education and Sk
ills Development Authority) and some
Departments, this program is working
to improve employment and reduce poverty.
4. KC-NCDDP Crash Course(Presented by KALAHI-CIDSS)

2. CCT Design and Delivery Mechan
ism(Presented by Pantawid Pamilyang)

Pilipino ProgramFirst, CCT means “Conditional Cash Tr
ansfer”. DSWD’ role is not just giving

KALAHI-CIDSS is abbreviation of KapitBisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social
Service. (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan means linking arms against poverty.) It is called KC so now KC-NCDDP
means KC’ National Community-Driven
Development Program. This is one of
the three anti-poverty programs impl
emented by Philippines Government. T

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he principal axis of this program is C
DD; Community Driven Development.
By identifying some specific reason that causes poverty in each community,
they try to improve the situations.

ow and what we asked. Because thatday we were running of time, while w
e remained some questions in our minds we were quite satisfied with thisshort time gathering.

Although this program is mainly supp
orted by Asian Developing Bank andWorld Bank, to realize this program, it
is indispensable that each community
like barangays or provinces cooperate
s with the government. It is difficult t
hat the government get all of commun
ity’ agreement and some problems re
mains

Next day, however, when we visited P
ayatas Dumpsite, which is famous forhuge mountains of garbage, some app
arent doubts occurred to us. One of t
he biggest questions is the reason why they did not mention this problem;
garbage mountains. Garbage mountains
must be the symbol of poverty in Ph
ilippines and people called scavengers
are forced to work under severe condition in these mountains.

<Impressions>
Each programs have clear target andobvious goals to save the poor or disa
dvantaged. All of programs seemed tocover all of social problem in Philippi
nes. Actually, they had answered all of
our questions, what we wanted to kn

Maybe this is because we had not eno
ugh time but thanks to these lectures,
I got more interested in poverty redu
ction policies.
Reported by Momoka Kuniyuki

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Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Date and Time: February 26, 13:00-14:30
Place: DTI, Puyat Avenue, Makati CityIn the afternoon of February 26, wevisited the Department of Trade andIndustry (DTI) which is thegovernment for administrating thedomestic trade and marketing programs.
The Department of Trade and Industry(DTI) had its beginnings on 23 June 1
898 when President Emilio F. Aguinald
o formed four government agencies, namely the Departments of Navy, Commerce, Agriculture, and Manufacturing. O
n 06 September 1901, the Philippine
Commission established the Department of Commerce (and Police). After Wor
ld War II, President Manuel A. Roxas i
ssued Executive Order (EO) 94 on 04
October 1947, creating the Departmentof Commerce and Industry (DCI). Cornelio Balmaceda, a much sought-after E
conomics Professor and Bureau of Co
mmerce (BOC) Director, was appointed
Acting Secretary of the newly createdDepartment of Commerce and Industry.
After 25 years, by 1972, DCI had gro
wn into a big organization with 10 regular bureaus and 22 agencies under its direct supervision. The DCI was ma
ndated to promote, develop, expand, regulate, and control foreign and dome
stic trade, industry, and tourism.

In the early 80s, the national economi
c development goal of the Marcos gov
ernment required the need to hew ind
ustrial promotion efforts with the exp
ansion of Philippine trade overseas. Th
is resulted in the creation on 27 July
1981 of the Ministry of Trade and Ind
ustry, which took over the functions of the subsequently abolished Departme
nts of Trade and of Industry. In 2006,

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Secretary Peter B. Favila issued a Dep
artment Order officially declaring every 27 July of each year, the date andmonth the Ministry of Trade and theMinistry of Industry was first merged,
as the DTI anniversary.
The DTI has five major functional gro
ups composed of bureaus that provide
support to DTI's line agencies and are involved in line operations, which deliver business and consumer services
directly to the stakeholders and the
public. These functional groups are:
①Office of the Secretary (OSEC)②Industry Promotion Group (IPG)| 27⑥Management Services Group (MSG)
I supposed to answer the question ab
out the antitrust law development in
Philippines when other have interest on the case about tobacco. Almost everyone got their answer satisfied.
DTI is in charge of competition and in require for the consumer. Just playa role like the administrator. When the consumer call for something, the DT
I can determine the price of the prod
uct. The DTI is works as the adjudicat
ion. When the failure of the mediation,
the DTI will charge to the establishm
ent of the process.

④Consumer Protection Group (CPG)

With the cooperation of the OFC, theDTI can get law support and protect t
he rights of consumers.

⑤Regional Operations Group (ROG)

Reported by Ying Hui Zhao

③Industry Development Group (IDG)

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Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
Date and Time: 26 February 2016, 16:00-17:30
Place: BIR National Office Building, Diliman, 1104, Quezon City

A

fter visiting the ADB in themorning,
our
group
were
supposed to visit the Departmentof Trade and Industry, the Bureau ofInternal Revenue (BIR) and the Court ofTax Appeal (CTA) in the afternoon.
Because of the notorious traffic jam in
Manila, however, after visiting the DTI, we
had to choose between the BIR and the
CTA though they were very close indistance. Our group was interested ininternational trade dispute and wealready sent some questionnaires
regarding the WTO Thailand-Cigarettes
case (DS371) to the BIR beforehand. So
we decided to go to the BIR.

Unlike our expectation, Teresita M.
Angeles, Director II HREA Large
Taxpayers Service told that the BIR did
not have any involvement with the WTO
Thailand-Cigarettes case.
She suggested visiting the Industry Prom
otion Group (IPG) that in charge of international trade in the DTI. Before coming to
the BIR, we actually visited the Consumer
Protection Group (CPG) in the DTI. The CP
G mainly dealt with domestic consumer issues and in order for us to have informati
on on the WTO case we should have visite
d the IPG. So we discussed about excise ta
xes and Sin Tax Reform (RA 10351) instead.

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Excise Tax

6. Alcohol products 9.04%

Excise tax is a tax on the production, saleor consumption of a commodity in acountry. It applies to goods manufactured
or produced in the Philippines fordomestic sale or consumption or for any
otherdisposition
andthingsimported/things which are being broughtin from other countries.

7. Food products & Beverages 8.68%

Commodities subject to excise tax are
alcohol products, tobacco products,
petroleumproducts,
miscellaneousarticles and mineral products. The
followings are top 10 industries in termsof tax payments in 2015.
1. Banks and FIs 22.99%
2. Tobacco products 15.87%
3. Real estate, Renting & Business
Activities 10.88%
4. Electricity, Gas & Water 9.43%

8. Postal & Telecommunications Services
7.08%
9. Chemicals & Chemical products 3.98%
10. Mining and Quarrying 2.83%
So the increase of excise taxes on tob
acco products and alcohol products aff
ected excise tax collection in the Philippines.
2012
2015
Excise tax
Excise tax
collection
collection-Almost 7% of-Almost 11% of
total BIR
total BIR
collection
collection-Almost 11% of-Almost 18% of
LTS
LTS
collection
collection* LTS (Large Taxpayers Service)

Remarks

5. Wholesale & Retail Trade 9.23%
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We wanted to ask what kind of roles
the BIR have during the WTO Thailan
d-Cigarettes case and if Thailand does
not implement WTO's ruling on theThailand-Cigarettes case, can the ASEAN Dispute Settlement Mechanism be an effective tool for implementation? Though we did not have answers that
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us to have better understanding on ex
cise tax and the sin tax reform.
In the context of the global tobacco c
ontrol movement such as the WHO FC
TC, the sin tax reform in the Philippin
es can be highly evaluated.
Reported by Kyung Woo Kim

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Aeta Ethnic Community
Date and Time: 25 February 2016, 07:00-21:00
Place: Aeta Community, Bamban, Tarlac, PhilippinesOn February 25th, we visited Aeta
Ethnic Community. Aeta EthnicCommunity is one of the ethnic
groups living a mountainous region ofPhilippines. The village is 112 kilometers
north of Manila. To reach there, you haveto get off a bus and walk for one hour anda half.
Needless to say, they live as aminority in Philippines, a country
developing quite rapidly. At this time, wewent Aeta Ethnic Community to know
how they live and how they make abalance between mai n t a i n i n g a
tradition and adapting to modern society.

The History of Aeta EthnicCommunity
Aeta Ethnic Community was around M
t. Pinatubo, which is in the western p
art of Luzon Island, until 1991.
H
owever, after its eruption, they had toleave there. Then, most of them came to Tarlac, where they live now.

Education
Aeta Ethnic Community has a public
institution as a kindergarten and a schoolfor people there. There is also anelementary school near the village.

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However, secondary schools are too far
from their houses, so it is hard to go tosecondary school for children. Evenamong elementary school students,
some boys cannot go to school because
they
have
to
help
their parents sometimes.

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Aeta’s people make charcoal to sell. Eachfamily has their own place to makecharcoal. Charcoal is made from Aeta’s
local plants.
People cut trees and fire them under soil
and leaves. It takes about 5 days to compl
ete this process.
After making charcoal, they bring it tocities by walk and sell it. That is theirimportant income. Previously, they sold it
at only 50 peso. However, owing to “Education over the radio” (Cf. “Education”), they started to negotiate with buyers, and now, they can sell it at 200 peso.

In spite of these difficult situations,people living in this community are highly
motivated to study. To realize their
desire, University of Saint Thomas (UST)
supports them by offering “Education
over the radio”. “Education over the radio”
is the way to teach Aeta’s people as if
they were in classroom through the radio.
The radio is brought them by UST and it
can be heard from a speaker in Aeta’s
village.
Thanks to this system, Aeta’s children canstudy even in their village. What is more,this system enables even adults to learnlots of thing. For example, women who
couldn’t be allowed to study in theirchildhood can learn how to read andwrite. Moreover, some adults learn about
preventive ways against cold andtreatments for it through this system.

Business

Buyers use charcoal mainly for cooking.
Jolibee, the most popular fast foodrestaurant in Philippines, also buys theircharcoal sometimes. However, it seems
that there are some difficulties in thisbusiness. For instance, Aeta’s people haveto bring charcoal to cities on their own,
and sometimes they cannot sell at all at
proper price.

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Connections with someorganizations
Aeta Ethnic Community has connections not only with UST but also with loc
al government, a medical institution and overseas churches. In fact, in thisvillage, a hygienist from health center
stays all the day because there is no
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church to introduce what Aeta EthnicCommunity is. Even in daily life, Aeta’s people often go out of the village togo shopping. However, there is no cas
e where Aeta’s people move out of the village ever. I believe what can make it possible is that Aeta’s people kee
p good relationship withgroups from other regions and they make efforts
to adapt modern globalizing society.
Reported by Ayaka Nagatomo

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Asian Development bank(ADB)
Date and Time: 26 February 2016, 09:00-12:00
Place: 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Metro ManilaFirstly, Facilities Planning andManagement Specialist Mr. Mirko
Rizzuto from Office of the
Administrative
Servicesgaveuspresentation
about
ADB’s
complementation
about
protecting
environment and reducing natural
resources waste.

Then, Mr. Rizzuto and Associate
Facilities Planning and Management
Officer Mr. Erwin Casaclang showed us
around the building where many creative
methods was adapted to reduce use ofenergy and wastes. These methods are as
follows:

He explained ADB’s priority is reductionof poverty, but they also work hard togreen development. They set the midterm goal called “Strategy 2020” which
includes Inclusive Growth, Sustainable
Development, and Regional Integration
and Cooperation.
Along this policies, the standards set byInternational Standard Organization (ISO)is crucial for every entities includinginternational organization including ADB.
They make various efforts to save energy
and cut off wastes within ADB building.

1. Big solar system
2. Eco-friendly materials for walls an
d grounds
3. Collect and re-use rainwater
4. Collect used papers and sell themto traders
5. Trash separation
They explained their effort in details
on each site so that we were able tounderstand the system well.

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Senior Environment Specialist and Ms.
Emma Marsden, Environment Speciali
st from Sustainable Development andClimate Change Department lectured us. Thorough their answers to our ques
tions, we understand that they put agreat deal of effort in infrastructure investment, especially green investment.
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hether they meet the environment sta
ndards, and if not, they do not provid
e financing to the proposal. For sustai
nable infrastructures, they try to devel
op a proper framework and give the locals capacity building in developing countries.
Reported by Ayako Suzue

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Japan International Cooperation Agency Philippines
Date and Time: 24 February 2016, 15:30-17:00
Place: 40th Floor, Yuchengco Tower, RCBC Plaza 6819, Ayala Ave,
Makati CityW

e visited Japan International
Cooperation
Agency(hereinafter “JICA”) of thePhilippines on February 24th 2016. JICA
aims to contribute to the promotion ofinternational cooperation as well as thesound development of Japanese andglobal economy by supporting thesocioeconomic development, recovery or
economic stability of developing regions.
The Philippines is one of the largest
recipients of the technical cooperation
provided by the Government of Japanthrough JICA.
They have following three priority issues
on its ODA to the Philippines.

1-Sustainable economic growth through father promotion of investment
2-Overcoming vulnerability and stabilizing bases for human life and production
3-Peace and development in Mindanao
First, staff gave us information what
JICA in the Philippines all about. After
that, they mainly explained about
DRRM (Disaster Risk Management)

structures and some challenges, andprojects for education.
1) Disaster Risk Management

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RA10121 (Republic Act on Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management)
and its implementation has been
started. According to RA10121| 37(Philippines DRRM law), following
cycle is needed for disastermanagement.

Recovery and Rehabilitation → Mitigation and Prevention↑↓
Disaster Response←
Preparedness
prepare for the estimated disaster
effect･
Maintaining

constructed

infrastructure2) Challenges･ Visibility for each projects vs. easyto-use to meet the urgent needs of theaffected countries･ Coordination amongst

agencies(Whilstbeing
disbursedfor
Department of Finance, policy actions
should be taken by other departments)･ Pre-arrangement of the condition to3) Education
They support Technical Vocational
High School. Activities, strategies
andpromisingpractices
implemented in the SHS modelingwill be shared to other TVHSs
including the K to 12 modeling
TVHS nationwide as a resource
reference to develop their School
Improvement Plans (SIPs). JICA
Project Team works with four
technical vocational high schools.
Reported by Rika Nakano

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Nihongo Center Foundation(Japanese Language School)
Date and Time: 26 February 2016, 15:30-17:00
Place: 825 Ricardo Papa Street, Sampaloc, ManalaWe visited Nihongo Center
Foundation (NCF) Manila
campus. The stuff explained
us school curriculum and showed usclassroom.
The Philippines Institute of Japanese
Language and Culture Foundation, INC(PIJLC) was therefore established toprovide effective and solid Nihongo
training for future Filipino exchange
student to Japan. It recognizes the factthat the increasing number of Japan
graduates from our Southeast Asianneighbors has resulted in a comparativeadvantage over the Philippines in thefieldsofbusiness,
economic,cooperation, research and development,science, technology and cultural
exchange.

So, there is a need to promote Japanese
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central to this need is a formidable
language barrier.
The PIJLC basic course curriculum istherefore deliberately intensive andcomprehensive. It attempts to stimulate
Nihongo course offerings in Japan for
non-Japanese where the students are
subjected to Japan’s rigid discipline andstudy-work ethic significant memory
work, endless practice drills, constanttesting, reading and writing. The
program is designed to meet thestandards of the Japan foundation.
They have variety of learning courses.
Regular courses (Reading and Writing)are Elementary1~4, Intermediate 1~4.
The students learn Japanese using
Japanese from Elementary3. In addition,
there are Conversation course or
Business course and more. They have
many students. Their age range is
12~69 years old. The most common
reason why they learn Japanese is that

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they are interested in Japanese culture.
Especially, Japanese animation is
popular among young Filipinos.

NCF has some difficulties the stuff said.
First one is the level of teachers. In theirschool, teachers are also during the growth. And second one is they have little
opportunity to get scholarship for study
ing in Japan. I want to study more how t
hey can improve the situation.
Reported by Rika Nakano

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Fast Retailing Philippines, Inc. (UNIQLO)
Date and Time: 24 February 2016, 13:00-15:00

ユ

Place: SM Makati, Ayala Center, Makati City

ニクロがフィリピンに進出ししまいます。商品は基本日本と同じ生産場所でたのは2012年、それから約4年製造されており、日本とほぼ同じ価格で販売さたった今、その店舗数は27店

れていました。ですので、フィリピンおいてユ

舗、従業員は約1300人に上ります。そんなファ

ニクロは少し高級品なイメージになっており、ーストリテーリング・フィリピンを今回訪問させ今は購入される方は中間層以上の方が多いそうていただきました。ファーストリテーリング・です。しかし低価格の商品も開発されており、フィリピンCEO久保田勝美氏、マネージャーの店内には同じボトムスでも990ペソ・1990ペソ

斎藤祐太氏にユニクロ店内の見学説明をしていなど、値段の異なる商品が販売されていました。

ただき、質疑応答をさせていただきました。

単純に価格と品質を全て下げてしまうのではな

フィリピンと日本の違いとして斎藤氏が挙げていたのは「気候」と「収入」でした。一年中夏という環境のフィリピン。四季が明確な日本。日本
ではヒートテック等のインナーが売れ筋だということですが、フィリピンでは夏物を含めインナーの売上は低いそうです。店内には、日本ではあまり見かけないポロシャツや柄物の商品が充実していました。常夏だからこそ夏服の嗜好も日本と異なっているという印象でした。現在はリラコなど涼しく柄物の商品が売れているそうです。週に１度新商品を出しているユニクロ
では、日本が冬の時期でもフィリピン向けに夏物の商品を売り出すなど、商品開発の努力をされているそうです。

く、「本当によい服をすべての人々に届ける」という理念のもと、その実行に向け模索をされている最中だという印象を受けました。

この他にも社員教育や広告、他のアセアン諸国への進出など、大変興味深い話を沢山聞かせていただきました。１時間という限られた時間の中でしたが、参加したメンバー１人１人にとって、本当に充実した熱い時間だったと思います。
今回のフィリピン研修でユニクロを訪問するという貴重な機会を与えてくださった椛島先生、
ご多忙のところ対応していただいた久保田氏、斎藤氏には感謝してもしきれません。得た学びと新たに生まれた興味をこれからの学習・研究に役立てます。ありがとうございました。

平均収入が日本の1/12といわれるフィリピン
では日本では安いと感じる価格でも高くなって

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Fast Retailing Philippines, Inc. (UNIQLO)
Date and Time: 24 February 2016, 13:00-15:00
Place: SM Makati, Ayala Center, Makati CityO

ur team visited the UNIQLO(SM
Makati) in the afternoon on
February 24. Katsumi Kubota,（Chief Operating Officer）and Saito
welcomed us and patiently led us to visit
the store as well as answered a lot of ourquestions. We had a much more intuitive
understanding of the international
Japanese company.
【Background】

The

joint

venture,formed with SM Retail in January 2012,
began opening UNIQLO stores in thePhilippines in June 2012. SM Retail is aleading developer of retail outlets in thePhilippines including department stores,
supermarkets,
hypermarkets
andfurniture stores. UNIQLO stores arelocated mainly in Manila, with the

network expanding to 27 stores by theend of February 2016.
The points of our visiting as follows:
1 Layout and Directly-run stores
The layout of the store. The store isdivided into three main areas for women,
men and kids. It is the same to the store in
Japan. The UNIQLO stores overseas are all
directly-run stores and this is a means toimprove the competitiveness of the brand.
2 About products strategy
Sato said in the last six months, the fastselling items in its local stores are jeans
and shirts, attesting to the brands'
leadership in casual wear clothing.
Filipinos, he said, love casual wear and

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tend to pick more vivid colors. "In Japan,
we have severe winter times, so people
tend to wear dark colors, but Filipino
customers, who enjoy good weather all
throughout the year, like colorful outfits,"
he observed.
Another reason for the brand's fast
success in the country is it offers highquality merchandize for the middle
market. "The type of the product we offer
is generally for everybody in the family
and we express ourselves as a brand thatis "made for all". Since Filipinos tend tohave bigger families, I think we hit it off
with the crowd easily," Kubota said.
3 About the advertisement
With the increasing popularity of online
retailing and the so-called Omni-channel
strategy, does UNIQLO plan to put up an
online shopping portal in the country any
time soon?
"Online sales in Japan is very strong. It isdoing well in China. It started in the US.
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to think about the infrastructure first andhow we can deliver the products. But yes,definitely it is in the pipeline," Kubota
said. In the meantime, UNIQLO isconcentrating more on its customer touchpoints via traditional channels such as
newspapers and magazines and also
largely via Facebook, which he said ismuch more popular in the Philippines
than in Japan.
4 About the development of products
To ensure the development of products ofexceptional quality, UNIQLO has refined
its SPA (Specialty store retailer of Private
label Apparel) business model, allowing
for control of the entire business process— from planning and design to material
procurement and sales. The UNIQLO
Material Development Team is able toprocure high-quality materials at low
costs through direct negotiations withand bulk purchases from material
manufacturers globally.

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UST-YNU Joint Session
Date and Time: 27 February 2016,
09:00-12:00
Place: Seminar Workshop Room,Thomas Aquinas Research Complex, UST

T

he UST-YNU Joint Session washeld on February 27, 2016 at t
he Thomas Aquinas Research C
omplex, University of Santo Tomas.

The session started at 09:00. This ses
sion consisted of two lecture presentat
ions and Dr. Fernando L. Trinidad andProf. Ichiro Araki were designated toperform each lecture. Prof. Ichiro Ara
ki was supposed to give a lecture on“Transpacific Partnership and Japan”. H
owever, Prof. Ichiro Araki was not ingood condition for the lecture and cou
ld not attend the joint session on thatday. So prof. Hiromi Kabashima gave
us a lecture on “TPP and Food Governance”.
The first lecture was on “Transformati
on of Military Base to a Mixed Industrial/Commercial/Tourism Property Dev
elopment: The Clark Airbase Experience” by Dr. Fernando L. Trinidad from t

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ld be transformed into the new indust
rial, commercial and tourism attractions. This presentation was part of his P
h.D. dissertation and because Japan sti
ll has a lot of US overseas bases, hehoped that the experience in Clark co
uld be helpful when US bases were returned to Japan.

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ma. Though she did not have enoughtime for preparing for this presentation, prof. Hiromi Kabashima kindly expl
ained about the TPP and its implications on food governance from a perspec
tive of a social scientist.

“TPP and Food Governance” was the sAfter the Joint Session, the certificatesof participation were awarded to the
YNU delegations and we headed for
Payatas, the final destination for our study tour in the Philippines.

econd lecture by prof. Hiromi Kabashi

Reported by Kyung Woo Kim

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Salt Payatas
Date and Time: 27 February 2016, 13:00-17:00
Place: 2nd district of Quezon City, Metro Manila,
り、私はそこは危険な場所であり、住民は言ってしまえば部外者の私たちに敵意を持っているのだと受け取りました。パヤタスまで乗っていった車を降りるのさえ緊張しました。しかし実際に住民の方と触れ合うといつの間にかその緊張感はなくなっていました。もちろん何の関係もない私たちが彼らの生活環境、生活空間にお邪魔させていただいているという謙遜と感謝の気持ちは持っていましたが、資料を読んで私が持った印象はなくなっていました。そしてもちろん彼らの生活が経済的に苦しいものであることは分かり、実際にゴミ山の崩落事故で家族を失った方の話を聞くことでゴミ山の存在によって辛い思いをした人がいることもわかりました。

私はボランティアに興味があったのでしかしそんな悲惨な状況でも彼らは常に絶望しインターネットで「ボランティアているわけではありませんでした。お話を聞かフィリピン」で検索したところ出てせていただいた際にはときには笑顔を見せ、夫きたのがパヤタスでした。はじめは詳しいこととのなれそめも恥ずかしそうに話してくださり、はほとんど何も知らない状態で、貧困層の人た

子どもたちは夢を持っていました。私は日本とちが住むスラム街だという程度の認識でした。

いう豊かな国に生まれながらいまだに夢を持た

しかし調べていくと、そこに住む多くの人たちず、ただ何となく大学に通っていることが恥ずがスカベンジャーとして巨大なゴミ山のゴミをかしくなりました。実際にパヤタス出身で大学集めて何とか生計を立てていること、そしてそに入った人がいるということには、パヤタスのの生活の糧になっているゴミ山の崩落事故によ

家庭の経済状況を考えると驚きましたが、彼のって亡くなった人や家族を失った人が大勢いる

努力を私は心から尊敬しています。そして子どという悲しい現実を知りました。事前に配られもたちが夢を持ち続けていられるのは彼のようたパヤタスの資料にはパヤタスを歩くときに注な人の存在も大きいのかもしれないと思いまし意しなければいけないことがいくつか書いてあた。

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そのような彼らの前向きな姿を見て、私の貧困をするという気持ちでこれからはボランティア層の人々に対するボランティアについての考えに取り組んでいきたいと思いました。また、パ方は変わりました。これまでは私の中ではそうヤタスに住む女性たちが取り組んでいる、「Likh

いったボランティアはその日の生活もままならa」の活動も応援していきたいです。「Likha」はず、少し大げさかもしれませんが、絶望の中に十分な収入のない女性にクロススティッチ刺繍

いる彼らに生きる希望を見出してもらうためにの仕事を提供し、子どもを学校に行かせることするという考えでした。しかし実際の彼らは生を目的としたものです。この仕事はスカベンジ

きる希望どころか夢をもって明るく生きていま

ャーよりも稼ぐことができ、さらにゴミ山で活した。貧しくても幸せそうでした。もちろん無動することはないので安全であるというメリッ

理して明るく振舞っていたかもしれせんが、そトがあります。この活動がもっと広がり、スカ

れでも明るく振舞うだけの元気はあったのだと

ベンジャーとして働く人が少しでも減ることを

私はポジティブに受け取りたいです。そんな彼

私は願っています。

らの希望をもっと大きくし、夢を叶える手助け

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Messages from StudentsMy main topic in this field trip isabout trade and public healthrelated issues. I focused on
tobacco related issues and visited several
government agencies such as DOH(Department of Health), BIR (Bureau ofInternal Revenue), DTI (Department ofTrade and Industry) and Supreme Courtof the Philippines. I could take a look at
how government agencies regulate andenforce the law.

Before this field study trip, I visited thePhilippines several times for businesstrips. I thought I knew a lot about thePhilippines but this trip changed mythoughts on this country to different
directions. Previously I basically visitedand met people from private sectors.
Wealthy businessmen from good family
background were the typical Filipinosthat I encountered. In the past I also
witnessed some severe poverty situations

and corruptions prevalent in this country.
From the perspective of the private sector,
the situations in the developing countries
could mean good business opportunities.
Taking advantage of societal loopholes
and unsecured environments can lead tomore business chances and even big
success. Focuses will be put on the
profitability that we can get in thedeveloping countries and we may
condone ourselves that we are now
contributing to the economy of thedeveloping countries.
We all know that foreign investments arevery important factors for the developing
countries’ economy and development.
However, sometimes we have witnessedsome conflicts between the foreign
investments and sovereign rights ofcountries. This field trip made me see the
other
side
of
investment
anddevelopment, that is, the perspectives
from public sectors. Bore this field trip I
think I see the Philippines from the eyesof investors. This field trip helped me tosee from the lenses of regulators. Though
I do not have any answers for how tosolve current poverty and inequality
situation in the Philippines, I do think thisfield trip made me have a balanced
thinking on the developing countries.
With many thanks to the faculty andstudents from UST who arranged
appointments with government agencies
and I do appreciate participants fromYNU and their supports.

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lthough I was excited about
going to Philippines first time,
this study tour turned out to begreater experiences than I expected. I wasable to meet a lot of wonderful people,
learn about my research area deeply, andexperience the things I have never done
before.

First of all, I visited really various
governmental offices and companies.
Especially, being able to hear from theofficials was precious opportunities since
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something I never knew through only
newspapers and TV news.
Secondly, I learned people’s livelihood
which was totally different from Japanese
one. Visiting indigenous traits gave me alarge impact and a chance to think about
what is needed and what I could do.
Lastly, it was really nice to meet thepeople from University of Santo Tomas(UST). They were always supportive,
generous, and cheerful! We were able tovisit various places mainly because UST
people arranged the meetings andtransportations. I am really grateful for
theirhospitableassistance.
Also,
professors from YNU helped students a
lot so that all of students finished thisstudy tour safely and fruitfully. Again, I
would like to express my deep gratitude
for everyone involved in this wonderfulprogram.

F

irst of all, I would like to thank forProfessor
Kabashimafororganizing the successful YNU
study trip. I am very proud to be one ofthe participants.
The YNU study trip should be one of thebest experiences in my life. I could not
believe the ten days study trip has
finished. It was a fruitful andunforgettable experience for me and I
would never forget every minute that I
spent in the Philippines. The visit of local
places with the local professors and
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students in the Philippines are
remarkable. They are from UST and we
still keep contact in the moment.
During the ten days study trip, I learnt a
lot of things.
Our team visited the UNIQLO(SM Makati)in the afternoon on February 24 2016. We
had a much more intuitive understandingof the international Japanese company.

the Philippines Barangay-Payatas, withalmost 40% of the active population
unemployed and nearly half the residents
earning less than 4,000 Philippine pesos amonth. The challenge is to provide a
better quality of life, both physically andsocially.
This is really a very meaningful study trip,
I hope that it could be hold better andbetter in the future.

We also visited one of the poorest parts ofA

s a law student I do the researchmostly about the antitrust law
which makes me curious about
the investment and trade in Philippines.
Before I visited there, I have totally noidea about Philippines except the
beautiful spots there. As we all know,
recent years, Philippines has developed
quickly as a developed country with thehelp of other developed countries,
especially Japan and USA.

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away from my image.
Just as the picture, we visited the slum
called “payatas” and some original people
living in the mountain. I used to be a
volunteer for Africa when I was in college,
but I was stopped by my parents. This
time I have really chance to see thesituation there by my own eyes made me
excited and sad. I was excited for feelingthere real life and also I was sad for theirlife. However, each one of them iswonderful. They make their own life andwhat’s more, they even help others whoare in trouble. Due to this chance, I
realizedthat I am too small and too
weak to do anything for them. Although I
can become someone after myhardworking I do not think I can doanything for them. The contradiction
between the law and the reality, thegovernment and the people seems noteasy to solve.
And the original people who was afraid ofoutside people at the first. Under theeducation, they can use English to

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communicate with other people. They
realized the outside world and become
more opening.
In a word, the education is so important
everywhere for everyone. Not only them
but also for the educational people.
Nobody can stop learning since there are
too much knowledge we do not know inT

h i s f i e l d s t u d y trip was
wonderful trip because I wasreally stimulated by all YNU
students and UST students. Ever since I
arrived at the Philippine, UST students
were
very
friendlyandspokeknowledgeably on wide variety of topics
about history, politics, economy, andcustoms. I talked with Joseph Carlo Vergel,a UST student, about the next presidential
election of the USA in the bus. Then, I felt
strongly that if I could speak English more
fluently, I would exchange a wealth ofknowledge and information freely. For
ten days, I would like to appreciate all
people involved in this field study trip,
especially, Mr. Tommy Tiu, the Professorof University of Santo Tomas, who
supported for our field study trip.
We also could visit many precious places
such as DFA, ADB, UST and JICA and so on.
I’m interested in the international politics.
Of course, it was hard for me to ask DFA
staffs and understand in English. But I
decided to ask them questions without
hesitating. It seems to me that many
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the world. And the importance of
education is also should be paid attention.
Thanks to the hospitable people and thegood situation gave me an unforgotten
trip. I have learned a lot not only to myself
but also to this world.
YING HUI ZHAO

how they look like very carefully, and also
judge others by the same way. In Japan, I
was not an exception either.

On the other hand, every UST and YNU
graduate students have a strong
personality and various their career.
Some of them had worked a company forsome years, so they are older than me.
Having studied with them in thePhilippines gave me a chance to think
about my career in the future.

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T

his is my first field study trip in the Philippines. I have been interested in education and JICA
(Japan International Cooperation Agency) for a long time. I wanted to see t
he situation directly. Thus this trip wa
s really fruitful and wonderful for me.
In the Philippines, new basic educati
on program "K to 12" has introduced
this year. I am interested in this syst
em and wanted to know how they aff
ect to the school administration or Filipino job hunting. The story about ho
w JICA support this project was also interesting.
During this trip, we visited NCF (Niho
ngo Center Foundation). Unfortunately
the class had already finished when w
e visited the office, but it was good ti
me to talk with the teachers. The exp
erience that left the biggest impression on me was visiting Payatas area. I
was really shocked at the disparity be
tween the rich and the poor. I did not know what to say. After hearing the situation of there from Salt Payatas,
I felt difficulties in changing this situ
ation. However, their story about theirefforts has made me want to support
them from Japan. I want to visit there again and see their development wit
h my own eyes.

The reason why I joined this tour isrelated to last-year experiences.
Last summer, I visited a small
village of musician in Nepal. Then, I thought about a following thing:

In the presentations, some of the acad
emic words were difficult for me, butother members and professors always
helped me. My understanding about e
ach field became deeper thanks to them. Also, I could ask questions positive
ly than before. Finally, for 10 days, the professors and students of Universit
y of Santo Tomas supported us kindly.
We would never have this trip witho
ut them. I do appreciate all of them.
Also, I would like to express my appr
eciation to the professors and student
s of YNU.
RIKA NAKANO

Is there any ways for people in small grou
ps to keep their original lifestyle as well as adapting modern society and making th
eir living? To get keys for s o l v i n g
this question, I decided to join this trip.

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changing society.
On the other hand, it seems that there aresome challenges which should be tackledfrom the business point of view. For
instance, they cannot earn enough money
by selling charcoal, and there is quite afew choices of business.
However, their lifestyle contains many sig
nificant facts to be adapted to other regio
ns. Still, there are a lot of people called ethnic groups in the world. I believe that harmonizing traditions and modern life like
Aeta Ethnic Community would be one of t
he important keys for ethnic groups to liv
e as they are.
People in Aeta Ethnic Community we visit
ed in this trip were quite impressive forme in terms of harmonizing theirtradition and modern society. They
maintained their tradition on clothes andhouses, but at the same time, they madeefforts to get connections with modern

Finally, many thanks for everyone from
University of Saint Thomas, who arranged
anything of this trip, and for professors
and participants from YNU.
AYAKA NAGATOMO“T

ime flies.” This word does fit
this field trip. Each day wasfilled with interesting and fun
moments. Looking back this field trip,
however, I also feel like the trip was sucha long stay because we have done somany things in this country.
This was actually my first time to visit
Philippines and participate in a study trip
for over a week. It got more meaning thana trip that I go by myself. Getting very
academic and informative presentations,hearing other member’s questions anddiscussions with friends after each visits.
Every moment was very inspiring. The

event that left an impression on me themost is visiting Payatas. This experienceis still making me consider about “What is

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government?” “What is volunteer?” etc.
In this stay, I visited lots of places that I
wouldn’t have got opportunities by myself.
Without this trip I would have nevertouched those interesting experience.
Without YNU and UST professors, I could
not have visited those places and touchedT

his trip was the first time for me tohave been abroad. Now that I cameback to Japan with full of
wonderful memories, I am really glad thatthe destination was Philippines and that I
joined this program.

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this deep knowledge. Without other YNU
and UST students, I could not have got
this various shocks and huge motivation.
Thank you all for making this amazing
trip happened. Maraming salamat po!

TAMAO ITO
program in this February. Needless to say,
I really wondered whether I should apply
for this school program or not. Who is sofoolish that he visit same place twice in amonth? The problems worrying me are
expenses and time they cost me.
Finally, however, I joined this program.
Now I want to recommend you to join thisprogram even if you have another plan to
go to Philippines. In other words, I want
you to have chances to go abroad as muchas you have if you are interested in theworld even slightly. This 10 days programis attractive enough to widen yourhorizon and must give you fantastic
experience which other programs cannot.

To tell the truth, before I made my
decision to join this program, I had
already decided to go to Philippines to do
volunteer in this March. It is after I
applied for the volunteer work that myfriend, Rika, asked me to join thisFirst, you could visit many governmental
offices like ADB, JICA and many
Philippines Departments and listen tovaluable lectures. This time we could
arrange the destinations and timeschedule freely thanks to a lot of UST
members. Although the time schedule
was a little bit tight, we didn’t have any
waste of time at all. On the contrary, themore you prepare for each investigation,
the more you can spend fruitful time
because their explanations are often
technical.

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If you care about your monetary situation,
all the more you should go abroad joining
this program. If you want, you can receive
scholarship from JASSO which cover morethan half of your expenses and cut down
all of expenses only 30-40 thousands yen.
Compared with other programs you canfind on the Internet, it is unbelievably
cheap.
While

you

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governmental officers, you can makefriends with Filipino students. They arereally energetic and must bring you to
new world. Finally, without their help andcooperation, we could not have succeeded
this program. Thanks to many UST
professors, students, and stuffs, I could
spend really valuable time in Philippines.
I would appreciate your efforts.

many

MOMOKA KUNIYUKIのフィリピン海外研修に参加したせんでした。そのためもちろん質問などできるのは、海外に行ってみたいというはずもない私とは対照的に、次々と質問をしてほんの軽い気持ちからでした。ボ

いく他の参加者の姿にとても驚かされました。

こランティアには興味があったのでフィリピンの特に発展途上の地域でボランティアをしようぐ
らいに思っていました。しかしミーティングに行ってみると私と同じ学部1年の子でさえ、フィリピンでこれを学びたいというしっかりした
目標をもって参加していることにとても驚き、
こんな自分が参加していいのかと怖気づきました。一度は参加辞退しようかとも考えましたが、やらないで後悔するよりやって後悔という私のモットーを思い出し思いとどまりました。
実際に現地に着くと、日本を出たことがないど
ころか飛行機に乗ったことすらない私にとって、日本とは違った南国の雰囲気はとても新鮮なもので興奮したのを今でも覚えています。興奮も冷めやらぬうちに、1日にいくつものところを訪問させていただく忙しい日々が始まりました。
すべて英語で行われるプレゼンを聞くのは初めてのことで、かつ英語にあまり触れていなかったせいもあってか正直内容はほとんどわかりま

プレゼンは聞き取れないし、そもそもフィリピ
ンで特に学びたいことがあったわけでもないのでこの研修プログラムを実施した側からすれば、私が参加した意義はなかったと思います。申し訳ありません。しかし私にとってフィリピンのIBLAW Philippines Field Study Trip 2016

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人たちとの出会いはとても大きなものでした。
彼らは初対面の私たちに明るく接し、そして厚
くもてなしてくれました。おそらく私がフィリ
ピンで学んだことはフィリピンの人の優しさと明るさです。私にとっては本格的な英語での会話は初めての経験で、相手の言葉を聞き取るのも自分がそれに返すのも一苦労でした。そのため、「yah」と「yes」と笑うことを繰り返すだけの時もよくありました。それでも懲りずに明るく私に話しかけてくれた彼らの優しさがあったか| 55

も良い思い出になったのだと思います。
プレゼンをしてくださった方々には申し訳ない
くらいそこから私が得たものはありませんでしたが、私はこのプログラムに参加して、素晴らしいフィリピンの人たちや多忙な10日間をともに乗り越えた素敵な仲間と出会えて、本当によかったと思っています。これからもやらないで後悔するよりやって後悔の気持ちで、様々なことに挑戦していきたいと思っています。

らこそ、このフィリピン研修は私にとってとて

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