Japanese and Filipino soldiers met in the WW2 war theater before. And now as allies, they had joint military exercise/drills in Mindanao.
The Japanese military officer expressed his admiration for the Filipino counterpart for being patient, uncomplaining and tough.
All of us grew in hardships, tempered in hardship: poverty, lack of infrastructures, disasters: earthquake, typhoons diseases. And even adverse govt leadership.
An admiration a tribute from a former adversary from the 3rd richest country is something to be proud of and work doubly harder on.
