the Alava Pier in Subic Bay for a three-day goodwill visit. In early May 2016, plans to spearhead a Japan-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty was one of the key defense plans of the government if Mar Roxas wins the presidency. However, the 10 May presidential elections resulted to the presidential victory of Rodrigo Duterte. In October, 2016, talks about the defense treaty was revived when the government stated that the possible treaty 'may' be discussed by Duterte and Abe during Duterte's first official visit to Japan. The visit however resulted in no talks regarding the possible treaty after Duterte decided to ally himself with China. In 2017, civilian groups in the Philippines and other countries joined forces to push for the inscription of Voices of the ”Comfort Women” in the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. The inscription, however, was blocked by Japan. On the same year, a blindfolded Filipina comfort women statue was erected in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, by surviving Filipino comfort women and their supporters. By April 2018, the comfort woman statue was removed from the capital after Duterte met with Japanese diplomats. The statue was scheduled to be reinstalled at front of Baclaran Church, but was allegedly stolen. Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Philippines Japan has been the Philippines' biggest source of bilateral Official Development Assistance since 2001, with its ODA loans to the Philippines accounting for 72 percent of the Philippines’ total bilateral loan portfolio as of 2021. Japan disburses Official Development Assistance to the Philippines through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) when the ODA is in the form of projects, and directly through the Embassy of Japan to the Philippines in the case of non-project grant aid. See also Japanese in the Philippines Japanese occupation of the Philippines Filipinos in Japan Dom Justo Takayama (Takayama Ukon) Domingo Siazon Marcos scandals Taft–Katsura Agreement Diwata (satellite) References Further reading Ikehata, Setsuho and Lydia Yu-Jose, eds. Philippines-Japan Relations ( Ateneo De Manila University Press, 2003) . Tana, Maria Thaemar, and Yusuke Takagi. "Japan's foreign relations with the Philippines: A case of evolving Japan in Asia." in James D.J. Brown and Jeff Kingston, eds. Japan's Foreign Relations in Asia (Routledge, 2018) pp. 312–328. Trinidad, Dennis D. "Domestic Factors and Strategic Partnership: Redefining Philippines‐Japan Relations in the 21st Century." Asian Politics & Policy 9.4 (2017): 613-635. online Trinidad, Dennis D. "Towards strategic partnership: Philippines–Japan relations