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Christian daimyo Takayama's statuette moves to Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese priest Toru Nishimoto (R) presents a statuett of Takayama Ukon, a Christian daimyo exiled to the Philippines, to Victoria Quirino Delgado, daughter of former President Elpidio Quirino. Standing at the center is Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin. Nishimoto said the statuette was meant to express the Japanese people's gratitude to the late president and friendship with the Filipino people.

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ELPIDIO VALDES CONTRA DOLAR Y CANON

ELPIDIO VALDES CONTRA DOLAR Y CANON ANIMATED BY JUAN PADRON Date: 1983

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Ex-Philippine president's family reaching out to Japan war criminals

Lila Quirino, a niece of the late Philippine President Elpidio Quirino, speaks during the launch on April 17, 2015, of a year-long celebration in Manila of the 125th birth anniversary of the former leader. His legacies include the pardoning of more than 100 Japanese war criminals despite his own family's misfortune at the hands of Japanese soldiers during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Postwar rekindling of Philippine-Japan ties credited to Quirino

Cory Quirino (L) and Ruby Gonzalez-Meyer, the grandchildren of former Philippine President Elpidio Quirino, talk about their late grandfather in Manila on March 10, 2015, remembering how their country and Japan became friends again after World War II, as the 70th anniversary of the end of the war nears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monument honoring ex-Philippine President Quirino unveiled in Tokyo

A memorial to the late Philippine President Elpidio Quirino is unveiled in a ceremony in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on June 18, 2016, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral relations. Quirino, who served from 1948 to 1953, granted amnesty to the 105 Japanese war criminals detained in the Philippines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Christian daimyo Takayama's statuette moves to Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese priest Toru Nishimoto (R) presents a statuett of Takayama Ukon, a Christian daimyo exiled to the Philippines, to Victoria Quirino Delgado, daughter of former President Elpidio Quirino. Standing at the center is Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin. Nishimoto said the statuette was meant to express the Japanese people's gratitude to the late president and friendship with the Filipino people.