Japan–Philippines Defense Relations
Japan and Philippines have recently strengthened their defense partnership amid growing tensions in the South China Sea and the wider Indo-Pacific region. During a high-level meeting in Manila between Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., both countries agreed to deepen military cooperation and move toward a “quasi-
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