tokyo japan say monday help philippines rebuild conflict-torn southern marawi city well infrastructure deepen tie counter china regional influence japanese prime minister shinzo abe make pledge joint statement philippine president rodrigo duterte follow talk tokyo duterte oct 23 announce end five months military operations marawi hold islamic state rebel conflict destroy much city center displace 300,000 people government japan recognize rehabilitation reconstruction city marawi extremely important statement say japan also offer help project range rail infrastructure river defenses include possible 600 billion yen loan help fund development subway manila meet opportunity abe discuss security asia ahead key regional meet begin asia-pacific economic cooperation apec gather vietnam november confirm president duterte maritime nations share basic value strategic interest abe say joint announcement duterte two countries add would address common issue include north korea free open indo-pacific japan concern china grow power south china sea see cooperation philippines lie waterway eastern side key ally help prevent beijing influence spread western pacific duterte unlike predecessor benigno aquino less critical beijing island build south china sea philippine leader return home tuesday audience japanese emperor abe duterte travel vietnam two-day apec meet nov 11 u.s. president donald trump chinese president xi jinping attend leaders association southeast asian nations asean countries region meet philippines apec gather east asia summit gather asean chair philippine president duterte statement tokyo mention china instead call north korea halt ballistic missile nuclear test return talk u.s. japan countries japan pledge help philippines rebuild marawi