A Japanese researcher said the funding aid to the Philippines of her government benefited her country more than the Filipinos.

Japanese nurse, Kayoko Teshigawara, is in the Philippines to research on the effects of the migration of Filipino medical practitioners to the health delivery systems in the Country.

Kayoko was in Canlaon City, Oriental Negros, as part of her research on the medical and health delivery situations in strategic areas of the province.

She said Japanese aid for infrastructure projects like roads and bridges were not just for humanitarian reasons but also to make profits for Japanese contractors and technical assistants working on them.

Kayoko cited the Official Development Assistance that, she said, was profit-motivated.

The Japanese nurse has visited the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital and the district hospitals in Mabinay and Bindoy towns that are facing closure because of lack of doctors and nurses.

Earlier, several congressmen had asked the Supreme Court to stop the government from finalizing an economic agreement with Japan, which is alleged to contain some provisions that will allow the country to trade its hazardous and toxic waste products. They feared the agreement was jeopardizing the health and safety of the public by allegedly refusing to disclose the contents of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement.

They also hit the Department of Trade and Industry for trying to avoid disclosing the terms of the bilateral agreement.*

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