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Japan and the Philippines on Monday signed a key agreement that would facilitate mutual military visits, as the US allies tighten their defense ties amid lingering tensions with China.
Japan and the Philippines have signed a defense pact allowing Japanese forces to deploy in the Southeast Asian country for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills
Japan and the Philippines have signed a defense pact allowing Japanese forces to deploy in the Southeast Asian country for joint military exercises, officials say.
The Philippines and China have traded accusations of destroying marine environment in the South China Sea, opening a new front in their dispute over the vital waterway.
The Philippines hailed an "unprecedented" high in defence ties with Japan after the signing on Monday of a landmark military pact allowing deployment of forces on each other's soil in the face of China's increasingly assertive stance in the region.
Reciprocal access agreement will allow armed forces to train and conduct military exercises in each other’s countries
Japan and the Philippines have signed a landmark defense pact, allowing exchanges of armed forces for training and military exercises amid China concerns.
The Philippines and Japan have signed a reciprocal access agreement (RAA) allowing them to deploy their forces on each other's soil, a milestone in their security relations amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific,
Japan and the Philippines signed a key defense pact Monday allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills, to the Southeast Asian nation that came under brutal Japanese occupation in World War II but is now building an alliance with Tokyo as they face an increasingly assertive China.
Japan and the Philippines have signed a "milestone" defense agreement as U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific seek to coordinate against threats from China.
Analysts argue Beijing's negotiations with the Philippines are being exploited to normalise China's control over contested territory Despite pledges to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea, analysts and sources familiar with Beijing and Manila's negotiations allege that China is exploiting the bilateral talks as a strategy to legitimise its
Clashes between the China Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy escalated in June. Philippine officials announced late last month that Chinese personnel attacked dinghies attempting to provision Philippine troops at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.
The Philippine warship grounded 25 years ago at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea has caused serious harm to the marine environment and must be removed immediately to stop the damage, the Chinese government said on Monday.
The Philippine task force on the South China Sea called for an independent, third-party marine scientific assessment into the damage.
The Philippine coastguard has invoked a venerated icon of the Virgin Mary to defend Manila’s maritime interests against China.
China has called on Japan to think about its history after it signed a defence pact with the Philippines. “Japan should seriously reflect on its history of aggression and be cautious in its words and deeds in the field of military security,