The Government of the Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Department of Finance, and the Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed on May 15, 2018 an agreement that would provide the Philippine government with a 2-billion yen grant from Japan to support ongoing efforts for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the devastated city of Marawi in Mindanao.
The agreement was signed by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Yoshio Wada, the chief representative in the Philippines of the JICA.