President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador Kojiro Takano during her departure to Japan to attend the Japan-Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Commemorative Summit Meeting this morning (December 11) at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City. The President will join her fellow Southeast Asian leaders in a two-day special summit to commemorate the region’s three decades of economic and security partnership with Japan. Also in photo is Executive Sceretary Alberto Romulo. (Malacaņang Photo)