05 November 2013- The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo successfully concluded its 2013 consular outreach program with the conduct of mobile passport and other consular services held in Okinawa from October 11 to 12. Services ranging from 141 passport renewal applications, three notarization and other consular services, as well as 20 consultations were rendered during said mission.

The consular outreach was undertaken in cooperation with Philippine Honorary Consul General in Okinawa Asako Alarcon in Naha City. The consular team from Tokyo was comprised of Vice Consul Andrea Leycano, Miss Janice Kathleen Lobien, Mr. Rey Cahayag, Mr. Mars Zafra and Mr. Baltazar Cortes.

The Embassy served 1,298 Filipinos during its conduct of nine consular missions in 2013 at the following prefectures in coordination with different Filipino community organizations from each concerned prefecture: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture on January 26; Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture on March 02; Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture from March 22 to 23; Morikoka City, Iwate Prefecture on June 29; Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture on July 13; Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture July 27; Chikusei City, Ibaraki Prefecture August 17; Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture from September 13 to 14; and Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture from October 11 to 12. END