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Japanese relations with the Philippine, like Chinese relations with the country, were limited to trade. Historical records show that Japanese traders, especially those from Nagasaki, frequintly visited the Philippine shores and bartered Japanese goods for such Filipino products as gold and pearls. In the course of time, shipwrecked Japanese sailors, pirate traders, and immigrants settled in the Philippines and intermarried with the early Filipinos. When the Spaniards reached the island of Luzon in 1571, they found Japanese colonies and settlements in Manila and in some parts of the Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera region, Lingayen, Bataan, and Catanduanes Island. The relatively light complexion of the natives of Bontoc and Banaue is probably a result of the early contacts between the Japanese and other islanders from south of Japan and the natives of the Cordillera.

Philippine relations with the Arabs started in the thirteenth century when the latter established a trading post at Canton in Southern China. In the course of their trips to China, the Arab traders visited various spots in the Philippines, notably Palawan, Mindanao, Mindoro, and certain parts of Luzon, especially Pangasinan. Through these Arabian cultural influences reached the archipelago, although by then, there were no clear boundaries because there was no Philippine archipelago doctrine.