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President Rodrigo Duterte poses for a groufie with Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, Senator Bong Go, and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte shortly just before the Ceremonies of the Accession to the Throne of His Majesty Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan on October 22, 2019. The President had to cut short his trip and returned home Tuesday night due to what Panelo described as “unbearable pain in his spinal column near the pelvic bone.” The President drove his motorcycle inside the Presidential Security Group compound in Malacanang on October 17, skidded and fell off his bike, Senator Bong Go told reporters. SIMEON CELI JR./Presidential Photo