The late former Philippine President Elpidio Quirino will next month receive a memorial marker at Tokyo's Hibiya Park in honor of his contribution to bilateral ties, his family's foundation said.
The Quirino Memorial Marker, the first of its kind in Japan for a Philippine leader, will be unveiled on June 18, with his living descendants, among others, expected to be present.
It comes four months after Quirino's remains were reinterred at the Philippines' Heroes' Cemetery to mark the 60th anniversary of his death, and five months after the Imperial Couple personally acknowledged his contribution to Philippine-Japan relations in a meeting with the Quirino family during their state visit.