March 27, 2015 FWN Fellow FWN IN THE NEWS Mabuhay Filipina! Second Lieutenant Karen Eve Mante, First Filipina Woman Graduate Of Japan National Defense Academy March 27, 2015 FWN Fellow FWN IN THE NEWS Second Lieutenant Karen Eve Mante, a native of Davao, is the first Filipina graduate of the Japan National Defense Academy. She took her oath before Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manuel Lopez at the Philippine Embassy, Tokyo.